“When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.<\/i>” – A. W. Tozer<\/p>\n\n\n
In the past, I killed a lot of time. Since I hit my 50s, not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n
It still happens, I suppose, but rarely am I tuning out of life and responsibilities for extended periods of time these days.<\/p>\n\n\n
(Except for those darn Tik Tok-style videos that show up on Facebook and Instagram. They sometimes suck me in. Human behavior is fascinating!)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Anyway, as I reflect on how you and I don’t have time to waste, this classic poem by Longfellow comes to mind:<\/p>\n\n\n
A Psalm of Life<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/p>\n\n\n
What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Life is but an empty dream!<\/p>\n\n\n
For the soul is dead that slumbers,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0And things are not what they seem.<\/p>\n\n\n
Life is real! Life is earnest!<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0And the grave is not its goal;<\/p>\n\n\n
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Was not spoken of the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Is our destined end or way;<\/p>\n\n\n
But to act, that each to-morrow<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Find us farther than to-day.<\/p>\n\n\n
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0And our hearts, though stout and brave,<\/p>\n\n\n
Still, like muffled drums, are beating<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Funeral marches to the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n
In the world\u2019s broad field of battle,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0In the bivouac of Life,<\/p>\n\n\n
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Be a hero in the strife!<\/p>\n\n\n
Trust no Future, howe\u2019er pleasant!<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Let the dead Past bury its dead!<\/p>\n\n\n
Act,\u2014 act in the living Present!<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Heart within, and God o\u2019erhead!<\/p>\n\n\n
Lives of great men all remind us<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0We can make our lives sublime,<\/p>\n\n\n
And, departing, leave behind us<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Footprints on the sands of time;<\/p>\n\n\n
Footprints, that perhaps another,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Sailing o\u2019er life\u2019s solemn main,<\/p>\n\n\n
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Seeing, shall take heart again.<\/p>\n\n\n
Let us, then, be up and doing,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0With a heart for any fate;<\/p>\n\n\n
Still achieving, still pursuing,<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Learn to labor and to wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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