Day 7(ish)

So the challenge says to post - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you. But I am just going to post a quote that I have been thinking about a lot lately. I guess it fits in with this time of year as well. By this time of year I mean FINALS. It is a quote that Brother Bott, my Mission Prep teacher, mentioned the last day of class.

Today

Today is here. I will start with a smile, and resolve to be agreeable. I will not criticize. I refuse to waste my valuable time.

Today has one thing in which I know I am equal with others—Time. All of us draw the same salary in seconds, minutes, hours—24 Golden Hours each day.

Today I will not waste my time, because the minutes I wasted yesterday are as lost as a vanished thought.

Today I refuse to spend time worrying about what might happen. I am going to spend my time making things happen.

Today I am determined to study to improve myself, for tomorrow I may be wanted, and I must not be found lacking.

Today I am determined to do things I should do. I firmly resolve to stop doing the things I should not do.

Today I begin by doing and not wasting my time. In one week I will be miles beyond the person I am today.

Today I will not imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different. I will make a success with what material I have.

Today I will stop saying, "If I had time," for I never will "find time" for anything—if I want time I must take it.

Today I will act toward other people as though this might be my last day on earth. I will not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes.

Elder John Longden (Assistant to the 12 Apostles) Conference Report, Apr. 1966, 39; or Improvement Era, June 1966, 512

I especially love the part that says "Today I will stop saying, 'If I had time,' for I never will 'find time' for anything--if I want time I must take it." I think this is awesome first of all because it says you must "take" the time, not make the time. It is not possible for us to make time. It is something that we can never have an influence on. It will continue ticking the same way for all of our lives. We have to use the time that we have because we can never make more, or take back lost or wasted time.

Also, being a college student and being around other students, it seems like one of the most common phrases is "Oh, I wish I could.. If only I had the time." I have definitely used this phrase many a times in my life. I may not even want to do the same things "when I have time," so I better do it now!

I want to do so many things with my life. I want to do everything! I want to start checking things off my bucket list. I don't know why people limit themselves when there is nothing holding them back. I don't have anything holding me back right now, so I figure this is the best time to do stuff!

Now I just need to actually pick one of the million things off my list and start TODAY!!