My life is filled with time management tools. I have a cell phone, a Blackberry, a watch and a computer that all help to remind me of the steady march of time. And wouldn’t you know it? I’m still late for things.
But the ultimate time nag is that internal clock. While it doesn’t ask for a minute-by-minute accounting of my time, it is a constant reminder of “coulda, shoulda, woulda.” People I should spend time with. Projects I should undertake. Eternal investments I should make.
Anne Lang Bundy wrote a wonderful post about the elaborate, almost mysterious world of divine time management.
“Time is too brief to appreciate the good. Time is too crowded to accomplish the better. Time is too protracted to touch the best.”
We strive for the best things in life, but often sacrifice them for the expedient. She writes about the agony over waiting, “which brings me to despise the time which is both too short and too long.” Read I Traffic in Hope.
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