It Takes Time

We previously discussed the "EYE"s of time but did not exhaust the topic by any means. Everything takes time - especially if they are important enough to deserve our attention and effort. Here is yet another acronym: TIME, with the "t" for temperance, tenacity and transience, the "i" for indeterminate, individual, and instantaneous, the "m" for mastery, magnification, and ministry, and the "e" for experience, expectation, and excitement.

T is for temperance, tenacity, and transience. It is for temperance because time must be carefully and wisely budgeted, managed, and leveraged. It is for tenacity because we need to stick with something through boredom and hard work if we are going to see it through. It is for transience because it is passing by never to return. The moments in which we live are fleeting. The opportunities are in transit. They will soon be gone and cannot be recaptured. In summary, time is temporal and fleeting.

I is for indeterminate, individual, and instantaneous. It is indeterminate because, no matter how carefully we plan, we just never know how much time we have left to accomplish our goals. We must live with awareness that the curtain could fall at any moment and we want to be found faithful. We want to be like the hikers memorialized at the base of one of the Alps with these words, "They died climbing." It is individual because we each have our own, are responsible for our own, and are the beneficiaries of such. We must be grateful for the time we have because it is ours and it is a gift. It is for instantaneous because it is now. Now is the time for what we are impressed to do and to be in this very moment. There is really no other time than now.

M is for mastery, magnification, and ministry. It is for mastery rather than management because management is not enough. We must become the masters of our time or time will master us. We have a Master above us who enables us to master than which is beneath us. We must bring time under our control by mastering our moments. It is for magnification because we must duplicate our efforts and more by leveraging time if we are going to maximize our potential as faith-business-social entrepreneurs on a mission of transformation. It is for ministry because ministry is another word for service and time spent truly serving others is never time wasted, but multiplied. In fact, we can magnify our time through ministry and thus, master our moments.

So far, all of this could be expounded and expanded upon to our benefit - and shall be, but that brings us to the final letter: E

E is for experience, expectation, and excitement. We could add energy, effort, and eternity along with so many other concepts, but we can get to those later. Experience is what happens over time and cannot be gained without time. It is acquired slowly, but, once accumulated in critical mass, expedites the process of gaining more. Expectation prompts us to plan, execute, and evaluate our efforts toward to goal of accomplishing more in less time. It keeps us on track and in the program.

At the MultiLeveler, there is a great insight into some time management skills: Don't Be Get Rich Quick.

Whatever you want to do and be, it takes time.

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