They say time is a present, my children have taught me this to a fuller understanding in day by day moments. Sharing more engaging activities has helped build upon a foundation of sacrifice and love. There will be a time they won’t need or want hugs and kisses, bedtime stories and me in general to help them. They will want to express their ever-growing independence all by themselves. They won’t call for me unless they need something, they won’t require me to nurture them as an I once did and in all of this, all I can think of is how precious the time we have is NOW. That there will be a time in the future where they will be able to go be their person, that right now will never happen again.
Realising all of this has given me a greater appreciation for my role as their mother, that at any moment life will change again and this time won’t come back, it won’t be undone, it will just be completed and built upon in days of moments made up of spending time together, teaching each other and growing in love. Amongst the frustrations and challenges we all face, taking the time and making the time are the most important tools we have in allow life and love to grow and happen. Otherwise, we end up with a house of stick lies where at any moment we fear it will fall exposing our failings. Time is all we have, the greatest gift we have been given to make a real difference big or small in our lives and those lives around us. We can create change, impact on production and future progression, we even get the time to relax but do we ever really make time for the important things in life, the things we look back upon and wish for the time there again, the time we will never get back.
Make the time. Making time, creating time, setting aside time. Showing something it is important means prioritising it. You don’t hide behind excuses like “I don’t have the time.” No, you make the time, you set it time aside and you use that time wisely like nourishment in the soil for the roots of the relationship. You can’t regret the time you never had because you never gave the time for it. We are given a gift so malleable but many of us tend to lose it, waste it or mismanage it. We expect others to control our time for us taking no responsibility for the gift we are given. We can take it and create something even if it only lasts a short while, sometimes something existing for a moment is better than not at all. I remind myself in every moment with them, I can never get this time back, I can only ever look back. I ask myself what memories am I creating, what memories will they hold. Let every moment be special, even just for a moment.
We tend to regret our choices with great hindsight and the emotion attached to it, how can we grasp the wind yet control it all at the same time. The sooner we recognise what true gift we have been given we can comprehend how t use it. Teaching one another how to use it to the best of our ability and create something more in our lives so we don’t look back on all the times we were ‘too busy.’ It’s time to make the time. You’re tired and sad, take the time to be happy, do something instead of nothing. DO something different instead of the same thing, do something out of your comfort zone that teaches you and broadens your horizon even slightly. You’re growth, your life, your experiences and your contribution to your life all lie in your hands and no one can decide how you use that time. Only you can choose to be wise or foolish.
You are given a gift of time. How will you best use this gift to create something you can leave for others to be inspired by and inspire to? There is no time like the present.
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