So as of yesterday, I'm beginning a series of posts about various topics. I'm not sure why, but I just feel like sharing things that are on my mind in relation to various topics. So I will give myself fifteen minutes each day (most likely during my lunchtime), and that's it. Keep your fingers crossed that I even spell check, or check my sloppy English.
So today's topic will be time (part will be done after the next class, since my school's internet was acting up, but the job will be done in fifteen minute, maybe a few seconds less, but no more than fifteen minutes will be allowed.
I'm not exactly an expert on any of these topics, so if you want to reference a great novel by a great author, you can check for a book known as The Time Keeper, by Mitch Albom.
For example, I have a young child right now bothering me about having a sticker. Well, little dude has got to wait so I can type this instead of give him a sticker.
11 minutes to go. So back to the topic about time. I live in a country where the cultural phenomenon is all about "hurry, hurry, hurry!" It is really sad to see how people are rushed to do this or do that. They consume quite a bit of ramen noodles as a result of it. They call themselves "healthy" as well.
Most of the time when I ask someone how they are doing, it is either, "I'm tired", or "I'm busy". Sometimes I hear, "I don't have time for this, I don't have time for that. " Well, you do have time to play that silly game on your phone at work right? Or you have thirty minutes that you sit on a subway or bus, talking to your friends using your apps on your smartphone that is thicker than my wallet.
The thing about all of this, is that we use time as an excuse to not be able to do something. I know I have not always used my time very wisely, and it's hurt some people in my family, or it has affected my friendships or relationships as well. I think to myself that I must do something for someone, and that I only allot myself so much time to give to someone else.
8 minutes to go. Man, this stuff is hard to do. I've just returned from entertaining kids for about thirty minutes. Here we go again. I remember hearing a well known football player named Ray Lewis giving a speech to the Stanford Cardinal Basketball team.
RAY RAY CLICK HERE.
I try to use this speech to remember that I should utilize my time ten times better than I do sometimes. Truth is we need to live in this world as if tomorrow is not a promise. We need to give everything we got. That means we need to give our time as much as possible to your friends, family, and even complete strangers. You never know what that time will mean to those people.
I have wondered sometimes how I can repay some of the people that have given so much of themselves to make a difference in my life. The easy answer is to just give them my time, because you never know when it will be the last time you see that person. When I was back in the states in the summer time, I made some selfish choices and was unable to see my best friend Jeff, and his father during that eleven day time-frame. Little did I know that the time that I spent with his father back in February of this year, would be the last time that I would have spent with that man. It tore me up emotionally as I sat in my classroom praying with my best friend, because the Good Lord was preparing to take his daddy home a few hours later.
I spent some time at the pool with a lady who was like a grandmother to me (for part of my life)when I was at home. My stepmother's mom Ma'Mere (as we called her) was called home a week or two after I came back to Korea following my summer time visit. After my dad gave me the news that she had passed, I thanked the Lord for that time that I did have with her a few months ago.
Remember there are so many people who don't need anything but your time. Time doesn't cost anything (unless you want to be one of those folk who analyzes everything in life).
Thanks and God Bless (over by one minute).
another great speech on time RAY RAY and Elon Football Team
So today's topic will be time (part will be done after the next class, since my school's internet was acting up, but the job will be done in fifteen minute, maybe a few seconds less, but no more than fifteen minutes will be allowed.
I'm not exactly an expert on any of these topics, so if you want to reference a great novel by a great author, you can check for a book known as The Time Keeper, by Mitch Albom.
For example, I have a young child right now bothering me about having a sticker. Well, little dude has got to wait so I can type this instead of give him a sticker.
11 minutes to go. So back to the topic about time. I live in a country where the cultural phenomenon is all about "hurry, hurry, hurry!" It is really sad to see how people are rushed to do this or do that. They consume quite a bit of ramen noodles as a result of it. They call themselves "healthy" as well.
Most of the time when I ask someone how they are doing, it is either, "I'm tired", or "I'm busy". Sometimes I hear, "I don't have time for this, I don't have time for that. " Well, you do have time to play that silly game on your phone at work right? Or you have thirty minutes that you sit on a subway or bus, talking to your friends using your apps on your smartphone that is thicker than my wallet.
The thing about all of this, is that we use time as an excuse to not be able to do something. I know I have not always used my time very wisely, and it's hurt some people in my family, or it has affected my friendships or relationships as well. I think to myself that I must do something for someone, and that I only allot myself so much time to give to someone else.
8 minutes to go. Man, this stuff is hard to do. I've just returned from entertaining kids for about thirty minutes. Here we go again. I remember hearing a well known football player named Ray Lewis giving a speech to the Stanford Cardinal Basketball team.
RAY RAY CLICK HERE.
I try to use this speech to remember that I should utilize my time ten times better than I do sometimes. Truth is we need to live in this world as if tomorrow is not a promise. We need to give everything we got. That means we need to give our time as much as possible to your friends, family, and even complete strangers. You never know what that time will mean to those people.
I have wondered sometimes how I can repay some of the people that have given so much of themselves to make a difference in my life. The easy answer is to just give them my time, because you never know when it will be the last time you see that person. When I was back in the states in the summer time, I made some selfish choices and was unable to see my best friend Jeff, and his father during that eleven day time-frame. Little did I know that the time that I spent with his father back in February of this year, would be the last time that I would have spent with that man. It tore me up emotionally as I sat in my classroom praying with my best friend, because the Good Lord was preparing to take his daddy home a few hours later.
I spent some time at the pool with a lady who was like a grandmother to me (for part of my life)when I was at home. My stepmother's mom Ma'Mere (as we called her) was called home a week or two after I came back to Korea following my summer time visit. After my dad gave me the news that she had passed, I thanked the Lord for that time that I did have with her a few months ago.
Remember there are so many people who don't need anything but your time. Time doesn't cost anything (unless you want to be one of those folk who analyzes everything in life).
Thanks and God Bless (over by one minute).
another great speech on time RAY RAY and Elon Football Team
You know sometimes I wonder if you shouldn't have been a preacher instead of a teacher but then I stop and think about it. Teaching and preaching kinda goes hand in hand. By the way I love Mitch Albom's books. I keep waiting on another one. Time is important and it is something we can share with us, but in doing that we must remember that each thing in our life is in God's time and not ours. Of course the choices we make have a great affect on God's plans for us and the how we spend our time. I'm sure Jeff knew you were with him even though you were miles apart cause that's just how close you guys are. :) It is also important to make time for yourself, I just finished listening to a Joel Olsteen sermon about that right before I read your post. We also have to think better of ourselves and know we can do things. He said we should think of ourselves as King and Queens, not arrogant but humble. :)
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