To get the most of life we must take time to live as well as to make a living.
We must practice the art of filling our moments with enriching experiences that will give new meaning and depth to our lives.
We should take time for good books; time to absorb the thoughts of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets.
Time for music that washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Time for friendship; time for talks by fire and walks beneath the stars.
Time for children that we many find again the Kingdom of Heaven within our hearts.
Time for laughter: time for letting go and filling the heart with mirth.
Time for travel; time for pilgrimage and festival. for shrine and exhibit, for rockbound coast and desert, mountain and plain.
Time for nature; time for flower gardens, trees, birds and sunsets.
Time to love and be loved, for love is the greatest thing in the world.
Time for people; time for the interplay of personalities and the interchange of ideas.
Time for solitude; time to be quiet and alone and to look within.
Time to give of ourselves, our talents, abilities, devotions, convictions that we may contribute to the onward march of man.
In all ways let us make our moments glow with life. Let us pray as did Matthew Arnold: “ Calm, calm me more, nor let me die, before I have begun to live.”
Written by Wilfred Peterson in 1960.
