We are afforded a certain amount of time in our lives and each day we have a choice as to how we should spend that time.
If we waste time and are not productive in our lives, shame on us.
But if we allow our time to be wasted by other people, or if we allow others to take our time for granted shame on us even more.
I have been guilty of doing both many times and what I realize is that time wasted is gone forever, it can never be recovered.
Just today for instance, I waited around the house all day long for some buddies of mine to show up for a visit.
Apparently my friend lost his cell phone and without it could not recall my cell number.
Now, I am not sure yet what really happened to my buddies to prevent them from showing up, so I won't harp on the issue, but that's not the point.
As children we are taught to respect other people's time.
We are constantly expected to be punctual and respect appointment times, especially when it involves someone of importance, such as a teacher or coach or other "person of authority.
" The problem is I do not recall anyone ever telling me that my own time was important, or that there was "value" in my time.
We are not taught that we all are valuable in many ways and every precious moment we have on this earth should be cherished.
I once had a mentor who taught me that he puts an actual dollar amount on the value of one hour of his time.
He is not a lawyer, a doctor or a world-renowned speaker however he values his time as if he was.
He puts a price tag on his time because it reminds him just how important every moment of his life is.
It comes down to having respect for you.
If you do not respect yourself, no one will respect you.
The same goes with every aspect of your life.
If you do not respect yourself enough to physically take care of yourself or become an educated person, others will not respect you in the same way.
If you think you are not "worthy" of someone's time they will certainly not value your time.
We were all created in the same way to be equally as important and as valuable as the next person.
If we minimize our own value we are actually telling our creator we do not appreciate the life we have been given and we are not worthy of life itself.
Live up to the opportunity you have been given to create any kind of life you choose and never let anything or anyone make you feel you are not worthy of everything you desire.
No one can "make" you feel anything you do not choose to feel.
If we waste time and are not productive in our lives, shame on us.
But if we allow our time to be wasted by other people, or if we allow others to take our time for granted shame on us even more.
I have been guilty of doing both many times and what I realize is that time wasted is gone forever, it can never be recovered.
Just today for instance, I waited around the house all day long for some buddies of mine to show up for a visit.
Apparently my friend lost his cell phone and without it could not recall my cell number.
Now, I am not sure yet what really happened to my buddies to prevent them from showing up, so I won't harp on the issue, but that's not the point.
As children we are taught to respect other people's time.
We are constantly expected to be punctual and respect appointment times, especially when it involves someone of importance, such as a teacher or coach or other "person of authority.
" The problem is I do not recall anyone ever telling me that my own time was important, or that there was "value" in my time.
We are not taught that we all are valuable in many ways and every precious moment we have on this earth should be cherished.
I once had a mentor who taught me that he puts an actual dollar amount on the value of one hour of his time.
He is not a lawyer, a doctor or a world-renowned speaker however he values his time as if he was.
He puts a price tag on his time because it reminds him just how important every moment of his life is.
It comes down to having respect for you.
If you do not respect yourself, no one will respect you.
The same goes with every aspect of your life.
If you do not respect yourself enough to physically take care of yourself or become an educated person, others will not respect you in the same way.
If you think you are not "worthy" of someone's time they will certainly not value your time.
We were all created in the same way to be equally as important and as valuable as the next person.
If we minimize our own value we are actually telling our creator we do not appreciate the life we have been given and we are not worthy of life itself.
Live up to the opportunity you have been given to create any kind of life you choose and never let anything or anyone make you feel you are not worthy of everything you desire.
No one can "make" you feel anything you do not choose to feel.