value of time

I find it so interesting that we so often place worth in items, money, position, amount of likes, yet time remains the most valuable of all things you can offer another person.

Time is permanent.

Time is unstoppable.

Time is precious.

The thing about time is that you can't get it back. Once it passes, it's gone. And what's worse is that if you don't spend it properly you will take the risk of dealing with the consequences of never being able to get that time back.

I spent the day with my mom. We ran around Fort Worth and into Weatherford for me to get my hair done; she wrote some notes to a few people, we chatted with an old friend, then we puttered over to drop my nephew's teddybear off that he left at the Ranger's game, dropped off the notes she had just written, got some gas and she got us sodas, then drove back to the house so I could catch the 4:30 Hatha class.

It was just me and two guys at the class with the kind instructor. She worked us through a challenging flow. The issue in my back is still annoying me, but the class helped release some of the tightness. During class we did some work with the wall. I admit I did not want to go to class today.

The small voice inside my head that hates to work out in the Texas heat whispered to me to just do a mellow session at home late tonight. Not that we do work in the heat, obviously, but just the thought of working out combined with this almost unbearable heat is a challenge. Still, I told that whisper to shut up, that the class is just 1 hour and 15 minutes, and that I want to go even if part of me didn't want to make the journey over there. So I went because I knew that if I didn't go that I would not get that chance back again. Once the class was over I would have more time to spend back with my mom preparing dinner and enjoying more of her company.

See that's the thing. Time spent intentionally creates for more. More everything. Only if you are willing to put in the effort and work with time for the betterment of your relationships is it able to provide you with the growth and the experiences that truly make up a person's soul.

Today was day 70-something. I am nearing the 100 day mark. It hasn't felt like a long time some days, but other days (like today) I couldn't believe I had still over three weeks left in this project. Yet when I think about the project coming to a close, I still see myself doing yoga every day.

You have to put your energy and time into anything for it to develop. During the class that the whisper wanted me to skip today I finally did an inverted "L" with my feet up against the wall, my legs parallel to the floor bending at the waist and my palms pressing firmly into the mat to hold my upper body steady. Doing the pose wasn't new. But then the instructor asked me if I was going to release a leg from the wall to go into a splits in the air. That I had not done. And with the next breath I released my right leg off the wall forward. Then brought it back down and then the left.

I believe the time I have invested in my yoga practice has a physical and spiritual manifestation. My choice to place the time and energy every day into it has given me a new strength. I have always known that the importance of time is the greatest of all things, and it is evident in the relationship I share with my mom. She has taught me more than anyone else and it is only because of the time we spend together that I am able to be the person I am today and understand the power of inner strength.