Do you ever feel like you have nothing worthwhile to do? Maybe you have too much idle time on your hands, you’re waiting to find a job, passing time while your health improves, or waiting for someone to make a critical decision so you can proceed with a new activity? If so, wait no more!
You have important work to be doing.
Success in life is not about waiting for something to happen around you. It’s about making things happen by keeping your thought productively occupied and profitably engaged.
Activity is the result of thought in action. For something to change for the better, thought needs to improve. Thought needs to go to a better place. And you can be the one that effects that change.
You don’t have to wait for someone else to change their mind. You don’t have to wait for the body to change to find better health. You can make circumstances change by getting a more inspired view of what God is causing to happen in the first place.
In Truth, we live in a universe of Mind where abundance abounds, health is present and opportunity is everywhere. If you’re not seeing it, it’s not because it isn’t there. It’s because you’re entertaining a limited material view of what spiritually exists.
And whose thought needs to change for the view to change? Yours!! That’s right.
You have no time to waste. You have work to do. Metaphysical work that moves thought and takes your view and experience higher.
Strive for an enlightened spiritual view of God’s good all around, and you’ll find plenty of ways to stay fully employed and happily engaged.
Improve Your Time
By Mary Baker Eddy
Success in life depends upon persistent effort, upon the improvement of moments more than upon any other one thing. A great amount of time is consumed in talking nothing, doing nothing, and indecision as to what one should do. If one would be successful in the future, let him make the most of the present.
Three ways of wasting time, one of which is contemptible, are gossiping mischief, making lingering calls, and mere motion when at work, thinking of nothing or planning for some amusement, — travel of limb more than mind. Rushing around smartly is no proof of accomplishing much.
All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure. They spend no time in sheer idleness, in talking when they have nothing to say, in building air-castles or floating off on the wings of sense: all of which drop human life into the ditch of nonsense, and worse than waste its years.
“Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait” Miscellaneous Writings, p. 230.
Oh My Goodness! Just EXACTLY what I needed to read and be reminded of this busy Monday Morning! Thank you -Thank you Evan! You hit the nail on the head! (again!) Wow!
Evan, I should place this article on the top of my desktop !
My biggest challenge at the office is the boredom that is affecting all the employees.
I need to be strong, I have lots of work to be done regarding my spirituality and artistic carreer and will make use of time the best way possible !
Thanks for sharing !
In Truth, we live in a universe of Mind where abundance abounds, health is present and opportunity is everywhere. If you’re not seeing it, it’s not because it isn’t there. It’s because you’re entertaining a limited material view of what spiritually exists.
AWESOME explanation of why our human experience some times falls short of expectation. As we yield to the divine Mind’s view, the human harmonizes and we find God-given abundance, health, joy, love to be ours right here and now. I love the quote from Mary Baker Eddy you used. This was a woman who didn’t waste a lot of time! Great role model for pursuing worthwhile activities after so called retirement age! Thanks, Evan.
To Tina’s reply: I say DITTO!! this is EXACTLY what I needed to read and be reminded of today AND it hit the nail right on the head. This issue was weighing heavily on my thought this weekend and then voila! I receive the solution as to what I need to be doing – thanks so much, Evan. This blog is such a blessing to me; your work is much appreciated!
Thought is what makes the world go round. That about sums it up. But it has to be good thoughts.
Ditto Susan’s gratitude and comment.
Navigating life is a most interesting adventure indeed.
Thank you Evan.
PERFECT!!!!!! Thanks.
Yes, so appropriate for me today. Thanks
Ditto to all of the above! 🙂 Thank you!
Such a prefect way to start the day!! There is much to do that is useful in keeping our mental day in order. Mrs Eddy didn’t mince words, she just gave us what we need to keep harmony uppermost in thought and therefor in our experience. Thanks, Evan.
Thanks so much Evan! At the moment I feel like I have too much to do, but I often feel at loose ends. This is very helpful!
Thank you Evan! Your thoughts are right on target. Infinite Mind is always full of activity, Life, Truth and Love…..
Yes, great reminder, and thanks for posting Mrs. Eddy’s words. They are so well put!