On people who arrive late

If you know me, you must have observed that time is the most valuable asset for me. I don’t like it whenever someone comes late and displays his lack of understanding of time’s value. Whenever we decide to meet at a particular time, even after insisting, some of them come late. Moreover, they are like “What’s the big deal? I am late for just 15-20 minutes.” Sadly, they don’t know the value of time.

Few of my friends question me as to why I give so much importance to time. Some of them hate me just because of this. I asked one of my best friends whether there is something wrong with me. His reply was somewhat like this, “I always tried to do things like you are doing but failed. You’ve organized many things in a very structured way and it’s a good thing. Your other friends can’t do this that is why they are thinking like this. “If it’s easy, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” Don’t change yourself for them.”

What Happened to Me? When did I start Giving Importance to Time?

I read many articles about human mortality, death and time (Kala). A few months ago, as I was lying down on my bed, many thoughts started coming. I started thinking that maybe I will die tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, after one month, one year, ten years, I don’t know! On that night, I realised that I have very limited time and one day, I’ll need to leave this body. It means that in this limited time I have to do so many things and touch as many aspects of life as I can. I realized that time is running out and I’ll have to speed up. From that day, the way I was looking towards life has been changed. I stopped wasting my time on mundane stuff, I left many WhatsApp groups, stopped taking part in useless/very common discussions. I started doing things that really matter to me. Trust me, your life will change dramatically once you realize this fact.

Whether you are sixteen or sixty, the rest of your life is ahead of you. You cannot change one moment of your past, but you can change your whole future. Now is your time. - Matthew Kelly

I read this on Isha blog, and you should also follow it:

Every hour, remind yourself, “Wow! I’m still alive”. You may think this is silly, but over a hundred thousand people will not wake up tomorrow morning. So, if you are still alive tomorrow morning, smile because the fact that you woke up is not a small thing. Then check whether the few people who matter to you are alive – great! At least a million people lost someone dear to them, but if none of those dear to you are gone today, fantastic!

Only when you are conscious about your mortality, you will want to truly know the nature of this life. You will have no time to do nonsense that doesn’t mean anything to you. You will only do what really matters to your life. Becoming aware will naturally happen because the significance of being alive will blossom.

There is no insurance against death. Knowing fully well that this life is a limited lease of time, do you want to hide from life or become available to every aspect of it?

Everyone has 24 hours a day, the choice is yours, invest your time wisely! _/_

PS: Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. - Bruce Lee