Time Well Used

Now we wait. (Molly)

No. We Breathe. We Pulse. We Regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. Thirty-seven seconds, well used, is a lifetime. (Mr Magorium)


~ Mr. Magorium's Wonder Imporium


Todays quote is from a movie that came out in 2007. I only saw it once and I loved this line. They are waiting and Mr. Magorium in his wisdom illuminates the fact that no time is ever wasted and we can choose to make each and every second whatever we want.  Thirty-seven seconds, well used, is a lifetime.  I have taken hundreds of thousands of second for granted in my 33 years, yet some of the greatest things that have ever happened to me occur in only a few seconds. Like yesterday when we were grocery shopping and my son came running up shouting Mommy with the enthusiastic pure joy that only a 2 year old can manifest and gave me the biggest hug in the world, as though we had not seen one another in days, not minutes. And then the shared, knowing smile with the elderly woman buying her milk beside me, as she watched, likely remembering her own babies long grown.  It all took place in about 8.5 seconds...but they were well used variety.  My soul definitely ingested.

I am always complaining that I don't have enough time...but I am going to start using my spare 37 seconds more effectively. No more waiting.