Don?t waste ?gems? of time
Well, here we are, about to step over the threshold into another new year. To a lot of people, the marking of a new year is a grand occasion. Celebrations with parades, parties and firework displays are held virtually all over the globe. I am not sure what these celebrations are for other than being able to say ?I was there.? I would say with New Year party celebrations, few of the party animals know one another. Many people celebrate and don?t remember celebrating. How sad this can be.
Entering a new year should be a tremendous challenge for each one of us. We can celebrate the dawning of a new year in a happy and joyful way, but if we do not follow through with positive actions the rest of the year, we haven?t accomplished anything.
I think many people would like to see world peace. The President is being attacked on many sides because he hasn?t achieved that goal. But do you know what is strange? We want the President to create peace in the whole world, when many of us can?t create peace in our own little world! When we fight and war among our own family members, something is wrong. When at least half of the marriages in America end in divorce, this tells me we are wanting something that we are not willing to give.
Many of us are not satisfied with what we have. A week ago was Christmas and Christmas has a lot of significance on ?what I want.? One of the problems with me, I have more stuff than I know what to do with. There, I admitted it. Would you do the same?
New challenges for the new year may be a worthy goal. To accomplish that goal can only be had by our determination to achieve. Often we expect others to shoulder the responsibility of making the world a better place in which to live. While others can play a tremendous part in winning the game of life, we must pick up the ball and run for the goal line. Only by our scoring we can win the game.
The new year will have 365 ?golden? days. Each day well consist of 24 ?diamond? studded hours. Each hour consisting of 60 ?ruby? minutes. And each minute consisting of 60 seconds made of verifying valuable gems. If we could have a year liken to this, how careful would we use it? Time is precious and valuable. If we waste it we can?t regain it. Everything we do in life will be a reflection of us. How do you want to be remembered. We might say we don?t care. But if there was a write up about you on the front page of the Southern Standard, what would you want it to say? Would you want it to praise you or tell of your ?bad? character? We should think about this and do the best with the time we have.