"Time & Money Well Spent"
Today I turned 52/yrs of age and I texted my youngest saying that with 30/yrs of knowledge I have over him & the 19 & 20/yrs I have over his brother and sister respectively please allow me to pass on to them only what I've learned or seen to possibly be used as a road map of what pot-holes to avoid, and what pit-stops to definitely never ever under any circumstances take! So I shared with them that what I've learned in all that time through both education and time spent with others in counseling and or with marketing clients is that the two most valuable assets they-heck anyone needs to protect, or guard and use most wisely are their Time which once spent can never, ever be replaced, and the other is their Money which if spent unwisely or foolishly will when you need both due to whatever circumstances that come about out of your control show up and dictate that "oh today you need a lot of one or both of them, oh for sure you'll - I guarantee you will trade everything and I do mean everything you have for these too most precious and valuable non-replaceable commodities- Time & Money!"
So the lesson today in being Nit2Win(Your Life) is to use the time that you have as though tomorrow you will not get anymore of. See the thing about Time & Money is that you need a lot of time in order to get money when done legally and properly, it will not come overnight in the quantity that most people want it. What I find ironic is that by the time most people leave the planet if they live to say 75/yrs of age they would've at a very modestly earned income of say $35,000USD beginning at age 30/yrs reaped prior to taxes a gross of $1,575,000 now that's not a lot of money because you've had living expenses and taxes taken from this money and most will probably have children in this time frame so more money will be taken from this amount- so if you want more money then this, you know you'll have to do more, be more disciplined, delay some personal gratifications, be more responsible with what you earn so as to use it to invest in the more that you want. Or learn how to multiply with the Talents you have a measure of your money to increase that above figure to yield you more. It's not rocket science to get more you're going to have to spend some of what you have, you know to eat some eggs you gotta crack them!
But conversely what you do have that doesn't get taxed is your time that all people hold equally, 24/7 hrs/days we all have the same, and we all have and can utilize effectively 16 of those waking hours everyday of the week if we so choose to do so. See one mans success is a sign that you too can do the same with your God/Creator given gifts and talents. Why do I believe this because it states in His Human Hand Book/Manual- The Bible *1) "That God is no respecter/shows favoritism of/for people/persons"; therefore what is possible with one is also possible with another if you 1st. Believe in yourself and your ideas, 2. Will even in the face of the nae-Sayers continue to move forward in the direction of your Dreams ("Dare 2-Realize Every Achievable Moment"), and 3. Stay Focused enthusiastically regarding your Talents understanding that with Billions of people on the planet surely there is someone by which your talent can benefit by enabling them to have a better quality of life lived in the time frame that your gift and talent empowered them. See your task is to find out what you're talented with and as I mentioned in my first conversation with you it's the thing you've probably always taken for granted as just something you do, but in fact it's the main thing that if you really give it a spit-shine polish oh it will shine for you most radiantly! and allow you to be in your zone.
Our lives don't have to be difficult, it usually is because we're doing things we weren't wired to do, we do things that innately we abhor doing but go along with because either everyone else is doing it or we don't want to seem different. Well news flash we are all uniquely wired for different tasks although similarly made. Just because there are chairs don't mean that your chair/you and what yours looks like won't be appreciated by someone or a group or masses for what that chair means or represents to them. Remember there are Billions on the planet and everyone can't be everywhere for everyone with the same thing- everyone can't be Carpenters, Bankers, Bakers, Hairdressers, Engineers, Doctors, Priests, Pastors, Singers, Players, Dentist, Mommies, Teachers, Bricklayers, Construction Workers, Garbage haulers, Janitors, Housekeepers, Retailers, Politicians, Musicians, Street Sweepers, Electricians, Professors etc., etc,. it's impossible! For example I have a different way of seeing life than you do, and yet it's received by you or someone else, yet there are Writers worldwide, and we all have a take on something, yet for the person who hears me, I can't say it enough for that one! It is to that One person that I'm speaking to that my inner self says "Abba!" to them and it resonates to help them get up, get moving and get on with winning in their life for themselves. Look we can make excuses or make uses out of what is. Why not make use of what we do have that's really of value so that you get to live the life you really deem of value for you.
My youngest again says to me "you know mom what one deems as "Made It" may be different for another person than what others think it should be!" I agreed with him and went further to share that what Success is and what Societies standards of "Made It" is measured by the parameters within that circle, or scene, or in today's talk "Culture", as Success can only be measured by you, there are not parameters surrounding your definition of "Success" it's what you use to measure your time table of done, complete, happiness, and contentment by and only you know what those things are. But on the other hand "Made It" is measured or can be by the peers and influence of their ideas of what is agreed upon by that Scene, Circle or Culture it's Subjective and subjected to ridicule, opinion, popular or not. This thought is not necessarily a bad thing as it can be a measuring stick of where I am in the scheme of things. Either way it's your life and you've got - remember 16/waking hours in it to do what you want, be it beneficial or wasteful it will show in the long run just how you spent it.
Our Creator/God has given each one of us the same advantages and privileges of life, *2) "For God causes it to shed Sun, Rain, Oxygen, Earth, on both the righteous & the unrighteous, the good and the bad" so no more excuses about why you can't do whatever it is that you've got in mind, no more that guy is lucky or looks better or knows more people than me. As you know people whom you deem bad people yet they are super wealthy and healthy why them and not you? Or how about people who are the nicest and sweetest and most honest and yet can't seem to catch a break, yet it seems they are plagued by every poverty, disease, and issue known to mankind. So irregardless of whatever tool measure for "Made It" that one applies on human existence, all mankind like the latter have the same 16/waking hours at their disposal to do something different with their life if taken advantaged of. We can't have it both ways - we thank God for our blessings, and blame God/Creator for what we don't have, He has equally given us all the same *3)"Seedtime & Harvest while the earth remains" to all mankind, we only need to diligently, with definite of purpose utilizing consistency even when we fail at it to do as Thomas Edison after 10,000 tries at the light or keep at it, even though it could be seen as failures he got back to the drawing board until we today See with and by Light! So I'm asking what do you have in you that's worth 10,000 tries/failures at, what's in you that's worth your time to impact and empower another human with? Begin today and don't delay!
*The Bible Scripture References *1) Acts 10:34, 34; *2) Genesis 8:22; *3) Matthew 45-47
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Take Care Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday if in the United States, and May the God and Creator who shines sun, rain and snow on all- Richly Bless & Reward your positive efforts at winning at your life not exclusive of others but inclusive to benefit both yourself and them.
Sincerely,
JoA' Zuberi-Clark
