time

i learned a lesson today. it didn't take very long. here it is. if you want your blog page to get some serious hits, then just mention a t.v. star like i did with michael vartan. today, my blog page received almost as many hits as it did for the whole of last month. i only mentioned mv because i love alias. and while at times i thought i was obsessed with the show, i have discovered that i am just an ordinary fan. i didn't really know about any of the websites dedicated to the show, i thought there was only one (how naieve - actually i'm not sure how to spell that).

anyway. this made me think.

time is a precious commodity. if you could sell time, you'd be rich. i mean how many people would buy a few extra hours while on holiday or with a loved one who was dying or a few extra hours of sunshine on a beautiful day or a few extra hours to get that assignment done. time is precious. that's not a new idea.

i don't want to waste time. i am sure i do, but i don't want to. i even hate going to the toilet coz i think it's a waste of time. i watched a movie the other day (some may say that's a waste), but in it they were talking about death. an adult was trying to explain it to a child. they said that they believed everyone had a clock inside and when time was up, time was up! all of us have numbered days. we can spend them doing something that will outlast ourselves or we could spend them looking up tv stars on the internet...

i want my life to make a difference, to mean something, to build something that will last when i die. i guess that's partly why i became a teacher. it's why i invest into kids lives, my friends lives, the lives of my family. it also has to do with my faith in God and why i want to show others who He is. i do believe in life after death, heaven or hell, and i want everyone to be in heaven. while i'm not the judge who's going to decide who's in and who's out, i do believe i know where i will spend eternity and i want others to think about it too.