Within the box [ Concept Copyright Kim Kaze 2004 ]

Recently I've been staring at this quote:
"Your own self is the only corner of the universe you can improve."

True or not (and I know it's arguable), it's a philosophical statement. Which means a lot of things; but above all else that it may be true, but people will always disagree in numbers, as well as agree in numbers.

I've been thinking a lot recently of the concept of 'how to sort life out'. The catch is, without directly relating everything to the Bible, since that wouldn't sit well with those who choose not to believe or follow it's writings.

My current thinking stands this way. You need to sit down and really give yourself time and space to think, and clear your mind of stress. Calm yourself, and then write down what the four most important things in life are to you. When you're old and grey, what will the four top things you wish you'd spent more time doing, be? What would you want to teach your grand children, or spend time doing with your spouse/family/friends?

The idea here, is not to have to think too deeply. To be honest, the quicker your answers are, the more likely they are to really be honest and from the heart.
Now, the plan is to construct from these ideals, the four pillars of your time.

What are you buying with your life? You only have so many seconds to live - without wanting to sound doom & gloom, the brutal truth of the matter is that we abuse our lifespan and treat it as though we're immortal half the time.

You buy things with your time. Time is the only medium I know of that cannot, no matter how much money, power, popularity or authority we have, be extended at all. We cannot buy an extra hour of the day. Even Bill Gates is a slave to the clock, and his days are 24 hours just like yours or mine. Time is the single aspect of games like Planetarion where we are all equal, as it is with life I feel. Time is the one thing you cannot buy or redeem back per say. But you can sell your time out, and you can definately waste your time.

Therefore, if you define these four pillars (any more and you'd become a mess with this exercise), look then at your average day. How much time do you actually spend doing something that feeds or bolsters one or more of these four pillars? If you find yourself doing something, ask yourself 'is this contributing in any way to my four pillars?' If it's not, then ask yourself, why am I doing it? It may be perfectly all right, but be aware of how much of your one, unique life is being spent doing, thinking, saying or achieving stuff that really doesn't matter to you and doesn't contribute in any way to the four pillars that YOU have decided without pressure, are the most important reasons you're alive.

Try it. I would love to know if this actually helps anyone, or if it's just a nice idea but won't work. I am trying it.

[ Concept Copyright Kim Kaze 2004 ]