Stop and think about time.
You and I have the same exact number of hours and minutes every day.
Pretty amazing huh? Nobody gets more, nobody gets less. People can’t buy time, they can’t borrow it either. Nobody can make more chemically and no one can save it in a jar. Nobody has created the famed “WayBack” machine of Mister Peabody and his boy Sherman. Once time happens, it is spent.
In fact, we have the same exact number of hours in a week.
168 hours to be exact– 24 hours x 7 days equals 168.
Out of 168 hours a week, where does the time go?
Job, commute, family, friends, errands and that precious sleep take most of it.
There always extras too – like television, eating, drinking, and cleaning.
So let’s talk about this 168. Everybody you and I know gets 168 hours per week period, we even get that same 168. The question comes down to out of that 168, can you spare 1 hour to make a difference? Can you spare 60 minutes to get out & move and do something towards making a difference? Do you have 3600 seconds to give of yourself?
When I break down the math and realize time is just an object that everybody gets, the excuses start to fall away. I can’t say to you I don’t have time to help, because it isn’t true. I have lots of time, the same amount of time that you do. We are equals in this time business and that makes us equals in the Moving Difference project.
We both have 168 hours per week, of which we can easily figure out a way to give an hour to get moving and making a difference. We both know that time is priceless. We both know that an hour isn’t a lot but it is something. We both know that while the rest of the 167 hours in the week may want that one hour, the ability to stop and give it freely makes a difference to us personally. We both know there is never a bad time to give our time. We both know the time is now.
Moving Difference is in part about using that knowledge of time, hour by hour, minute to minute, yes – it is also about us together in time making a difference. It is about one summer and how time every week made it an amazing summer. It is about one sunset in September that we will not let time forget. It is about time after time, how we together can move and make a difference.
In that spirit, should you need assistance with the Moving Difference project, I always have the time and my door is open. I am looking forward to it and I will help as much as I can, always.
“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.” ~Charles Caleb Colton
Here’s a picture of our clock – Looking forward to our time together!
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