My Minutes Matter....

My Minutes, Your Minutes.. it's the minute part here that matter. Some of us have this feeling in the back of our heads, or maybe the front, that due to our age, position in life, or any other difference that one minute is more important than another. For instance.. does the President of the United States' Minutes "matter" more than yours or mine? I think that we have the misperception that because he is considered one of the most powerful men on the planet that his minutes matter much more than ours, and therefore what difference do ours really make?

Here's what I was "pondering" yesterday as I was hit by this. When I was a little girl, my wise Grandpa who lived to be a very healthy age of 96, and was loved and respected by all used to tell me "take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves". This has never let me down in the finacial world, so I thought about applying the principle to other things in life. If I began to make the conscious choice to steward each and every minute without giving in to worry about things in my future or fret about things in my past, would the hours and days turn out okay too?

Because I have been blessed to talk to people from all walks of life and from every age group I find one thing in common, the teens are wishing they were adults so they could have freedom, the young adults are wishing they could go back so they could escape responsibilities, young parents are wishing the days would end so that nite could come only to find that nite passes oh so quickly only to do it all over again, and the middle age are looking back wondering where the time went and if only they could do it again so they could take the time to enjoy their children and younger years. I find it's one age group that has found the value of the "now" and that's the oldest.. for they realize that they are living in a time frame where their tomorrows are not quarenteed.. but then why is it that any of us at any age think we have that quarentee of time? All we have is this heart beat, or this minute.

So you can see.. I think our minutes matter.. what do you think?