{"id":383,"date":"2010-10-14T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/i-dont-have-time-for-what-really-counts\/"},"modified":"2010-10-14T13:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T19:11:00","slug":"i-dont-have-time-for-what-really-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/i-dont-have-time-for-what-really-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"I don’t have time for what really counts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\u2019t you know it? I\u2019m still late for things. <\/p>\n

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But the ultimate time nag is that internal clock. While it doesn\u2019t ask for a minute-by-minute accounting of my time, it is a constant reminder of \u201ccoulda, shoulda, woulda.\u201d People I should spend time with. Projects I should undertake. Eternal investments I should make.<\/p>\n

\nAnne Lang Bundy<\/strong> wrote a wonderful post about the elaborate, almost mysterious world of divine time management.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTime is too brief to appreciate the good. Time is too crowded to accomplish the better. Time is too protracted to touch the best.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We strive for the best things in life, but often sacrifice them for the expedient. She writes about the agony over waiting, \u201cwhich brings me to despise the time which is both too short and too long.\u201d Read I Traffic in Hope.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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