I had a friend who just graduated from high school. I thought long and hard as to what kind of present i should give her. A camera to record her memories? A compass to represent the guidance she will need? Maybe I should write her a song? Since words are my gift, i decided that would be the best thing to give her. I set out to write something that I thought would help her. As i wrote, i found that I was really helping myself. Nice how that works huh? In the words of another Kenny, maybe somewhere in these words you"ll find an ace that you can keep.
Tomorrow will come to us like Santa Clause. It sneeks up on us during the midnight
hour and leaves us with a perfect gift.
“Wake up. Wake up!” the sunlight calls. “Come open
your present!”
And there it is
waiting for you. Tomorrow has given you Today! It is yours to do with as you
choose. If you have learned from Yesterday, then the gift of today will be used
wisely and never wasted.
Time. It is our most precious commodity. More than money.
More than fame. More even than love. It is the one thing in our life-time we
can never get back or replace.
Time spent with
the ones we love is never enough. Time spent coming and going. Time spent here.
Time spent there. Time used getting where it is you think you need to be.
Everybody and everything wants your time. We have all sorts of gadgets that save us time. And yet we have no time. So use it wisely.
Time can trick your mind. Hours with someone you love in a
beautiful place goes by like moments. Whereas every minute waiting in traffic
can seem like an eternity especially when we have someplace to be. Ever noticed
how a 2 hour plane flight can seem like a day? But a 2 hour nap goes by like minutes. Rest assured though
that time has not slowed nor sped up. It is steady and exact. TIK TOK TIK TOK
Time keeps moving. Time is precise and unrelenting as it debits your allotted
account given to you by tomorrow.
One day you are a freshman, nervous and excited about what
lies ahead. Four very short years later you are senior graduating into the
world of being on your own. Nervous and excited about what lies ahead. Tik Tok
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As you get out there into the world, there will be all kinds
of demands on your time. Some will be good investments. Some will not. It may
be hard to tell the difference at first. Which is the right. Which is the
wrong? But you have a good compass
and an excellent road map. They
will keep you from wandering too far from where it is you need to be.
Should you get confused the answer is always close by. Learn
to listen to your heart. It will seldom steer you wrong. The mind can confuse
you with all its figuring and thinking, but not the heart. The heart only knows
one thing. The heart knows the truth.
Some of the debits to your gift of time will be unavoidable.
Others will call it “paying your dues” Either way, payment is made in the form
of time. Tik Tok Tik Tok
Other demands of your time will be asked of you, pushed on
you, and offered in the name of “reckless abandon”. Be careful with these offers. They are not the same as
“living in the moment” or “throwing all caution to the wind”. In fact “living in the now” is the
absolute best way to manage your time. That’s what Tomorrow intended when it
gave you Today. And “throwing caution to the wind” can be quite rewarding if
done wisely. Most of life’s cherished moments are the interruptions that take you
off the beaten path.
Again, if you are confused, check your compass. Locate
yourself on your map. And listen to your heart. Like your own internal swiss
time piece, it is in perfect sync with time. Tik Tok Tik Tok
As your gift of time was given to you, so shall you give
your time back to the world.
How you choose to do so is entirely up to you. My advice is
to do your best to give your best. Anything less is a waste of time. Tik Tok
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Remember too, and this is very important, to always set
aside plenty of time for yourself. It takes a lot of time and energy to do big
things in this world. Time for
yourself is when you renew and recharge your spirit. Time by yourself is when
you talk to God. He’s always a good one to talk to because He was the one who
outfitted you for your big adventure in the first place. He gave you the
compass and the map. He was also the one who sent Tomorrow with the gift of Today.
Hopefully, Tomorrow will continue to sneak up on you in the
midnight hour like Santa and bless you with a long, long lifetime of
Today’s. And if you listen to your
heart, follow your compass, and check your map often, then what you learned
from Yesterday will help guide you in your wise and happy use of Today.
Catch is, you have no idea how many Today’s you get. So what are you waiting for?
Get out there and live! “Wake up Wake up! Open your present!”