Do
you feel that there isn't enough free time in the day to do
everything you'd like to do? Realize that everything you do is
exactly what you have chosen to do, and therefore you should do it
with all your heart. There is no "free" time, just time.
You can either spend it in joyful awareness, or spend it wishing you
were doing something else, building feelings of resentment. It's a
matter of committing yourself to whatever you are doing at the time.
Either do it with joy, or don't do it.
I
used to resent doing housework, especially washing the floors. Then
I realized that I choose to do it, no one is forcing me to wash
floors. I choose it because I want clean floors. Why
should I resent doing something that I choose to do? Now I put the
radio on and practice singing while washing. It becomes a
joyful chore.
I
often hear people complain about having to take care of their
parents, grandparents or children's needs. "I have to take
Johnny to karate and then help him with homework, I have no time for
myself." Well, actually, the time you have with Joey in
the car is time for building your relationship. The time you
are waiting for his karate lesson is time you could be reading,
meditating, or catching up on phone calls. The time you are
helping with homework, you are fostering a better understanding of
your child and nurturing his academic growth. What part of
these examples is wasted time? All of it, if you are doing it
with resentment in your heart.
Lesson:
You
never have to do anything. What you do with your time is your
choice.
Exercise:
Be
free to experience your time with awareness and joy. Don't be a
victim of your ego mind telling you that you could be doing something
else instead. These types of thoughts create unease and stress.
Realize that you are free to spend your time however you choose.
Time is always free, are you?
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