What is your time worth?

What did I do yesterday? Let's see, I came home from work to mow the lawn and then I started to watch TV while I ate dinner. In fact I not only started to watch TV, that's all I did until bed. Congratulations on wasting a whole, entire day!

That's the blessing/curse about living in America. Not only are there so many things to do, that you can fill up your time with any type of activity you want, but most of us do exactly that. We can go to the movies (in a theater or at home), go bowling, watch TV, work out, go dancing, fix up your home, polish your car, practice a musical instrument, work, catch a game, sit on a computer, sit in a library, or any other idea you can come up with. Many of these things are fun, and some are necessary. But, are any of these ever an excuse to keep you from investing into somebody else? Do we use these activities to spend time and build relationships with others, or to busy ourselves up, to keep us from an intimate friendship with another person? That is the million dollar question. There are so many things to do in America, but we can use those things to bond with others, instead of using them to put up walls. It is when we build friendships with others and give them our time, our most valuable resource, that we can start to use the gifts we have to make this world a better place. I'm not saying that we need to spend all of our time with others. Everyone needs to recharge their batteries. If you love to watch football, host football parties. If you like to work on cars, help your friend with his/hers. If you like movies, watch them with others. If you like to play a musical instrument, jam with others often- or join a group. Simply by knowing that you care, somebody will have your kindness to think about when times are rough. And maybe, just maybe, they will start to spread the love too.