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INVEST IN THIS

 


Invest it, you said? Yes, invest it. And no, I don't mean money, but something much more important and sensitive than money. If you can understand it, utilize it and make good use of it, you will not only make money out of it but derive value out of it as well. If you invest it, your life would have been a Magnum opus and your life would have counted. 


The issue I will share today is that which we are familiar with in words but strangers to when it comes to action, we talk about it so much that we do so little of it in our day-to-day lives. It will point out to us where we are wanting but not to guilt-trip or witch hunt anyone but to bring about a transforming change in our lives. So let's talk about time. 


Time is one of the greatest and indestructible gifts and treasures God has given to man. There is no specific scholarly record about who invented time, we can only talk of the Egyptian use of horology technology to measure time as far back as 1500BC. Yes, we can talk about great minds who were philosophers, scientists, and inventors who during their lifetime discovered and added one or two truths about the concept of time, but they were time-bound. Hence, no matter how you master the study of time, it will still fail you because your life is measured in time.



Time is so powerful that it can be your master, yet it is so humble that you can make it your servant. Your attitudes towards time and what you do with time can make it work for you or against you. Great men and women of old who lived their lives within time and did great exploits were diligent with time because they made time serve them. Others procrastinated and were careless and cared less about time, so they were constantly slaves to time. Is time serving you or are you constantly running to meet up?


Time is one priceless commodity humanity has in common regardless of race, religion, and socio-political status. We all have one stock in trade in a lifetime and that is time; if you trade with it wisely, it pays you well, and if you do otherwise, it will still pay you the other way round. To make your life count, you have to make time your greatest ally. 


It is pathetic that in this part of the world we are so lackadaisical about time to the point that we operate with a delusional reality and concept called African time. Unfortunately, we don't have more than 24 hours in a day.


The measure of your destiny is time; so when you utilize time, you are adding to your destiny and when you waste it, you take away from your destiny. The more we turn blind eye to the ills of time wastage as if it doesn’t matter, the more it stares us in the face, enchanting us to be its prey. When it comes to this, there is no sitting on the fence, you are either in or out. Invest your time.


What is your attitude towards time? Do you show up for appointments late? Do you live with no sense of credence to the reality of time? Do you invest your time or waste it? You either watch your time and use it well or watch it slip away from you second by second never to be recovered again.



Change starts with baby steps and little inconveniences. Start respecting time; for instance, when next you have an appointment, be there five minutes early, it won’t kill you. Start showing up and be on time at least you have nothing to lose. Make a deal with yourself henceforth to never waste time, it is your life you are wasting. 


Your life will never count if you don't count on time and invest it well. It is your one common yet hottest currency in life, what you make out of it is what you get out of life. 



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