A Time for Everything

Life Stages

Our life is a series of stages from our gestation to infancy, from early childhood to adolescence, from young adulthood to our mid-life, from our ‘senior’ years to our final expiration. During each stage, we’ll use our time for many different purposes; from discovering the wonders of the world for the first time to learning about life at school; from working for a living, to playing - to relax ourselves during our years of work; to peacefully enjoying the autumn of our lives till our final resting.

Time is a blessing

Each day, we’re all blessed with an equal amount of time at our disposal - 86,400s. We spend roughly a third of our lives - working, another third - sleeping, and the final third for whatever else we choose to do.

During our day, there will be moments of time for eating, learning, working, thinking, playing, smiling, laughing, dreaming, giving and being with our family and friends. There is a time for everything.

Which tense are you in?

As you read this article you’re in the present moment of time, and as the words pass you by, they become the past; and as your eyes fall on the next words, those future ideas on paper become your present thoughts.

Looking back, we can reflect and learn lessons from our past, and whilst we live in the present, we can plan our future.

We mustn’t dwell upon the past more than we should, or always be thinking in the future; we must live with our minds in the present, otherwise our present will escape from us unused and wasted, and only die away into our past. The present is a gift of time so we must learn to use it wisely.