How Many Minutes in a Year?
What to do With Those Minutes
Good morning. As I sit in my Mourning Chair I am pondering decisions regarding time available. We only have so much time in a day, a week, a year. At one time I was active in a volunteer group, the Minnesota Women of Today. The musical “Rent” had just come out (yes, I’m dating myself.) The song “Seasons of Love” talked about the number of minutes in a year.
365 days x 24 hours in a day x 60 minutes in an hour = 525,600 minutes in a year
I wrote a speech around that song. Possibly one of the best speeches I’ve ever written!
Which brings us back to what do we do with the time we are given? I spent a year sitting in my Mourning Chair doing very little. Now I am getting active again, slowly. I know I must make wise decisions with my time and not overdo it as I still have trauma brain and become exhausted easily. Healing my body, soul, and spirit must take priority.
Possum Trot
Last week I decided to take 138 minutes (plus all the previews) to watch the movie Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot. The matinee was only $11, but the Diet Coke was $7.50! (Oh well, keeps people employed.) In this true story, people in a Baptist church community in Eastern Texas took advantage of the time they had by adopting 77 children in the foster care system. Take three minutes and twenty seconds to listen to this trailer.
Many of the children had experienced extreme abuse and neglect. It was hard. The parents who adopted the children said things they regretted, yet loved prevailed. It is an amazing story, the makers hope to raise awareness and inspire people to get involved in ending the foster care crisis.
I do not know if the movie will continue to play in theaters or will be available streaming, but if you can watch it, do so. It will break your heart and give you hope.
Foster Care and Adoption
I am working on a series of articles on foster care and adoption. They will be posted sometime in the next month or so. You can view my writings and short talks at this link on Price of Business.
If you have experience with foster care, have ideas on how to support foster families, or if you have adopted children out of foster care, I would love to hear your experience.
What will you do with the upcoming minutes in your life?
Here are a few ideas:
Rest when you need to rest
Be a friend or a support person
Work hard when you work
Play hard when you play
Think about your values. What you can do to make this world a better place? I like to have an eternal perspective when I evaluate my time.
Have a good week my friends. I’m glad you took a few minutes to visit with me today in my Mourning Chair.