Our time is not our own anymore, or at the very least, we have given it away. Knowingly and willingly we daily spurn our limited, precious hours away. How? Think about it. Chart the course of your own typical day. Keep an account of just how you spend every hour of it. Be honest with yourself. What did you find?
Perhaps you discovered hours of your day has been willingly given away to your device. Do you own your own time, or does the device own it? Do you even care?
Truly, our time is not our own. It is a gift. It has been given to us and can be taken away in a moments notice. We all know someone who has suddenly died.
So then, do we treat time as if it is an unlimited commodity, or worse yet, as if it were nothing?
Here is my ultimate question and point of this blog post:
If the birds stopped their singing today, would you even notice?
I ask again—would you ever miss them if they stopped singing?
Do you hear the birds?
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A great question, Mitzy, as I sit here listening to the robin chirping. Yes, I would notice when I go out to do some mowing and work in the garden. I would miss the beautiful bird song.
Meeeee tooooo, Ruth, me too. Thank you for your comment.
For sure I’d miss the birdies!!!! Did you take all those pics, Buds?? They are totally beautiful!!Sent from my iPhone
Me too. It would be an awful quiet world wouldnt it? Yes, they are all my photos. Thank you.
What a good question, I believe I would as I love quiet moments with birds singing. But it would be so easy for so many, and me included to miss special beautiful small moments in my day when I am distracted by my phone.
Half the battle is awareness, isn’t it. Thank you for your thoughts!
Raising my hand! I have the windows open and can hear the birds plus I worked outside all afternoon and heard and saw them. 🙂
How blessed you are, Judy!