Making the most of Your Day

Time is really a fleeting thing. It passes quickly, like a very swift river, or it seems slow and stagnant, like a swamp. The hard thing is to make the most of it, regardless....

Time usually hangs during difficult or annoying times, like work, jury duty, renewing tags, any government office. Sometimes, for no reason, it just seems to hang heavy, and you feel despondent and detached, a kind of yearning, but you don't know what for.

Zen teaches us to enjoy every minute, for it will never come again. Each second is unique, and has it's own value. Also, the theory is that anything can be withstood for a minute, and life is made up of minutes. I know that I employ various ideas to get through particularly long and tedious days, or days that I just want to end.

Jesus worked against a timeline, as well. According to the Bible, he knew he didn't have much time before his death, yet he never seemed to worry about it. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Encouraging words, and true! I believe we make things more difficult by stressing before they happen, during the event, and after. Mark Twain said, "I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."

So how to get through a trying day, or an awkward moment that seems to drag? Comments and ideas welcome!