Your Most Precious Resource
Your Most Precious Resource
November 11th
“You live as if you were destined to live forever. No thought of your frailty ever enters your head. Of how much time has already gone by, you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last.”
—Seneca
Letters From A Stoic
Consider this: How often do you truly seize the day and live in the moment?
Seneca challenges us with the wake-up call that our time on Earth is finite. We often get wrapped up in the illusion of immortality, forgetting that our time could run out at any moment. We postpone dreams and delay happiness for imaginary "somedays", squandering time as if it were an infinite resource. How would you live more intentionally if you recognized each day might be your last?
Each minute spent is a minute never regained hence, it's essential to spend each moment wisely. Perhaps you bestow your time on people, places, or events that don't provide meaningful value to your life. Seneca urges you to take stock of where your time is going. Seneca encourages us to contemplate about the quality, not just quantity, of our life.
What if you were to regard each day as precious and non-renewable? How would this shift your focus and actions towards a more purposeful existence?
