enough time vs enough life….LEFT
 (Thank you to Scott Koon for this wonderful e-mail.)
Kirk,
Merri attended a funeral yesterday. One of the people that spoke delivered a message that she said really stuck with her. While I only heard it second hand, it struck a chord with me as well.Â
The woman said…
Everyone is always saying I don’t have enough time…
…To spend with the kids,
…To visit my parents,
…To stop and smell the roses.
Would that change if you replaced ‘time’ with ‘life left’? Perhaps then it would be “I don’t have enough life left…
…To stay late at the office,
…To stay angry at a family member,
…To put off getting my degree,
…To wait to say I love you.”
Hmmm… Powerful.
Peace!
Scott K.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Love this thought! Hyrum Smith says in “The 10 Laws of Successful Time and Life Management” that when we say we don’t have enough time it is always a lie. What we really mean is that we value other things more. We never feel quite right in saying it because at some level we know that we are sacrificing things of greater value. Thanks for the thought!