Time & Timing

--- Time ---

“I simply cant find the time!”
“I’m still young, I will have a lot of time to do that later.”
“I’m too old to try and do that now.”

Sound familiar?

Most of us identify with one or two these statements. We have all said it. We have all felt it. And what the heck, it’s so damn true! It even sounds right!
But it isn’t.
And the crazy fact is that you know it and will not acknowledge even if a gun is put to your head. It’s just convenient. To play the blame game with time is the easiest way out.

Time is not about preaching, but about self reflection.

“I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.” – Ellen DeGeneres.

If you are amused, or have smiled, you have an idea of where this coming from, and where it’s headed. Admission. That’s the first step right there.
Admit it! There is always time. You don’t need to make it, it’s already there.

It’s really not rocket science. And it’s actually as easily done as said. All you got to do is prioritize. And if that sounds too philosophical, here’s the deal:
‘That extra hour of mind numbing television?’ or ‘…those guitar classes you have always wanted to take up?’
‘An extra hour of sleep?’ or ‘…that art class you have wanted to take up?’
‘That extra hour of sleep?’ or ‘…an hour of working out in the morning?’
‘An extended lunch hour and a few extra coffee breaks followed by an extra hour of work’ or ‘Getting off work with the sun still out?’ (You can even perhaps fit in that workout hour in here if you can’t wake up in the morning.)

You don’t have to create time. You just have to use it as best you can. All that needs to be done is to make sure is that you use and chart out that fixed time in the most productive way possible.

--- Timing ---

“…I have commenced on the great mission with a great vision in a great season [spring season] to fight against the mighty Mt. Everest with the will-power of my mind and the clean energy of my heart.” – Min Bahadur Sherchan.

Min Bahadur was 76 years old when he said this. He was successful. He became the oldest man to have scaled the mountain in 2008 beating a 71 year old from a year earlier. He was 25 days shy of turning 77, and he is still going strong.

The only real response to this information is of course, “Damn! What a nut-job!” followed by a crazy look of awe and recognition towards what this man has accomplished. That really is some crazy shit right there.

So smell that fresh powder on the top of that summit. Almost anything you use at this point with respect to time and age to make an excuse will fail in relation. Not to mention what you read in the papers every other day about 90 year olds going back to school and taking driving lessons.

It’s never too late to start or do anything. If a seventy six year old can climb Mt. Everest, we have run out of excuses. We are not too old to learn to surf or take those music classes. We are not too old to ride a horse or to take up tennis lessons. We are not too old to go back to school or take driving lessons. We will simply never be too old to do anything ever again.

And this also extends to emotions too. It is never too old late to admit a mistake or to try to amend one. It is also never too late to say sorry or forgive. And it is never too late to mend relationships.

Physical or emotional, its never to late to accomplish what in your heart of hearts you know can be done, something that you know to be possible, no matter how much you wish it wasn’t. If it can be done, and you want it done, then it should be done, no matter how soon or late you realize it.

Know this:

There is always time. And it is never too late.