It was painfully obvious that I hadn’t practiced my piano lessons during the week.
When questioned why, I offered the same old tired excuse: “I didn’t have time”.
My teacher looked at me and said something I will never forget: “You have all there is”.
Think about it.
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Excellent post, Nancy! I never say, I don’t have time, as I don’t want to listen the same thing from the doctor.
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Haha!! You are so right, KK! Excellent point!
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Excellent! Love those little meaningful messages that never leave us. 🙏🏻
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You’re so right Michele! No one knows when we will shuffle off this mortal coil. We’ve each been given all the time there is. 🌹
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💗
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Now thinking about all the time I’ve wasted this week. Except for weeds. I’ve pulled way to many weeds!
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Weeds, garbage and laundry … things our lives will never be without.
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A very good thought to ponder N.!
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It sure is, D! When I was finally savvy enough to grasp what he was saying, the meaning of his message became very profound.
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I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger…
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Been on both ends…excuse of the first order when I said it ( doesn’t really hold any water)… grabbed the opportunity, when I was told that, to make a case that we always make time for the things we love…therefore, the key is to
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Another time I tried to get out of my lesson by calling my teacher and saying I wouldn’t be there because it was raining! Thinking I was so clever, she called my bluff by saying it was only rain and I wouldn’t melt. She ended up coming to my house instead so I was doomed regardless!
Funny, I don’t remember being such a little conniver! 🤣
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Smart teacher
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He definitely was!
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That is so true 🙌
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Isn’t it a great line?
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Yes definitely, I will remember it ❤️
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I suddenly have Louis Armstrong’s We Have All The Time in the World playing in my mind!
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If you’re going to have a tune playing in your head, that’s a good one! 🎶
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We all have the same number of hours in a day, it’s just how we spend them.
Love this musical piece. Wonderful.
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Thanks, Penn! Just the way my teacher said “You have all there is” made me realize time is a precious commodity not meant to be squandered. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts today.
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You’re welcome (feel free to call me Di, Nancy).
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Thanks! I’ll do that!
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🙂
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We have the time… what we lack is the inclination! Nicely done, Nancy
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True! I had my share of those days when I should have been practicing!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts today, Dale!.
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That’s the way of it! 🙂
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I don’t want to hear that — I’m old. 🤣
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I know! It has a different kind of impact today than it did when I was 15!
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Time is there for the taking, Nancy… it’s just how it’s taken when we find ourselves running out of it. I always fill my time… although not necessarily wisely, in hindsight. 😊
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If there’s one thing I can’t tolerate it’s being bored; I find there’s always something to occupy my time and keep the brain cells from drying up. 😊
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