Time is Finite

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will.

 You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important

because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.

When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever;

in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good." 

- Author unknown

I was reading Randy Pausch's great book the last lecture ( you can see it here http://www.thelastlecture.com/).  As you are likely aware, Randy was a 47 year old professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University who died of cancer.  He left behind three young beautiful children and a loving wife.  Randy knew he was going to die and it was with this knowledge that he embarked on his famous "last lecture".  In this last lecture he shared his insights about life, achieveing your childhood dreams, and making the most of the time on this earth we all have. 

This book really touched me, his wisdom, his humour, his belief that we can and should achieve our childhood dreams.  He also speaks so elequantly about giving to others and helping others acheinve their dreams.  One of the many insights Randy offers is the idea that time is finite.  Time is finitie.  This really stuck with me.  I know that we only have so much time and yet I am aware that many people (including myself at times) live as though we have all the time in the world, as though time is an adundant and ever repleneshing.  We often speak about squeezing more time out of the day, about stretching time to get more work done.  The reality is...there is only 24hours in a day, 7 days in a week and no one is guaranteed tomorrw, next week or even the next hour.  I think of this often and have tried to make each moment more meaningful, more present, more loving and more fun.  I try to focus on what matters to me most (family) and let go of the rest.  So today, I am thankful for the knowledge that time is mine to own.  How are you using your time today?