Time Management

It's hard to know how to spend the coin of my life, my time. As I accumulate seniority on this planet, I realize, that if you add it all up, I've likely spent years doing nonsense, nonproductive and useless things. I'm not talking about seemingly nothing from an outsider's view - meditation, contemplation, prayer, musing, etc. may look like nothing but are very much something. I'm thinking about too much television, upsets over triviality, estrangements, doing things I really really do not want to do, etc.

So here it is near the end of 2012!!! Wow!!! With dwindling time left to serve on earth, what can I do to waste a lot less of it. I think I might begin by asking myself questions. Fill in the blanks with the activity being considered.

1. Is this _________ something that makes my insides sing and dance and be filled with joy?
2. Is this _________ something I really, really, really want to do?
3. Is this __________ something that helps me be more spiritually awake?
4. Is this __________ something that is helpful, lifting, useful, meaningful, and positive?
5. Would I truthfully name this _______ a waste of my time?
6. Is this ________ in anyway tied to my life's purposes?
7. When I stand before the Divine, when my time here is over, will I be happy to present this _________ as something I gave the coin of my life for?

I am sure you can come up with more questions that speak to you. For me, for now, I came up with the number of completion, 7.

Now, do I have the courage to ask these of myself and then to fearlessly apply them to the remaining moments of my life? It remains to be seen, but I can begin and do my best and see what happens.

In the finite time I have left on earth, oh Divine Master, guide me to see clearly what it is that I spend the coin of my life upon and to choose wisely.