6. I am making my time count.
"Choti choti khushiyan" as most of us hindi/urdu speaking folks refer to it. The little happinesses of our life, they matter don't they? It's all the little things put together that make it all. I'd say that I haven't always made my time count, there are phases where I let time just slip out of my hands, and it may have seemed all for no good - but here I am now, and I'm able to look back and think, I mean, I did love the world and nature, but there were certain things I don't like that I did at that time, I'm learning from it today. Through it all, the one constant has always been striving to live in this moment. Sometimes doing that has made me put other things on the backburner, and maybe I shouldn't have, i.e. procrastinating, but I still try my best. I'm proud of the fact that I can actually appreciate things and what I've got, even if it's just a ray of sunshine.
I've had two favourite dialogues from two favourite hindi movies since ever. One is "No byes Rhea, kyunki yeh zindagi bahut lambi hai" (No byes Rhea, because life is very long) and the other is "Kya pata, kal ho na ho" (Who knows, if tomorrow will come or not). The fact that they seem so at odds with one another, almost contradictory, does not go past my notice. I've always ruminated on this idea of two different ideas that are both so true, and yet so conflicting. Two truths don't make a lie, do they? The fact that they seem disparate shouldn't mean that one is more true than the other. I think it just reflects on the essence of life itself, that everything needs to be balanced.
Time is the most valuable constituent of life. Make the time for what does matter today. Really being in the moment, finding passion in your life, seeing the world and traveling, or just seeing the world that’s around you right now, being with great people, doing amazing things, eating amazing food and savoring life’s little pleasures.
Remember, your time is priceless, but it’s free. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can spend it, but you can’t keep it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. You really do only have a short period to live. So let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words. Make your time count!
