Quit Watching Reruns of “The Office” So Much

Daily Meditations — 3/30/2022

Do you have the time to sit and watch hours of entertainment every night?

The years ahead of you to indulge in laboratory created “foods” and rich breads and treats?

How many hours do you need each day to gossip about the famous or powerful?

Most of you will say “My day was long, Lucas! I worked hard! I deserve to relax!” and we certainly do. But, didn't you say this yesterday? And the day before? And all of last week?

Life is hard work…

You spend time like you would spend someone else’s money…freely and incredibly carelessly. You live as if you are immortal and ageless, drinking daily and eating food that scientists create to keep you fat and addicted every day…
Then exclaim with anger and surprise when your doctor tells you you are fat, have cancer or that you are out of shape!

Why do you treat a commodity more precious than diamonds or gold such as time as if it were something you have overflowing?

If I had a clock that showed you how many days or years you had left, would you still act so wastefully?

You don’t throw your garbage all over the ground, so treat your time as such!

You don’t need to eat perfectly, but eat better most of the time.

You don’t need to save every penny, but spend wiser and invest

You don’t need to abandon all entertainment and to become some erudite professor, but be cognizant and read or write, or spend time meditating or praying

Do better with your time — we all will die and rot in the ground or have our ashes cast to the winds and all of us will fade from memory and leave little or no legacy, but unless you spend your time better, you WILL lay weeping on your deathbed, crying for the days you wasted and potential you squandered!

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These are distillations from my coming book “YouDaimonia: the Ancient Philosophy of Human Flourishing.”