The funny thing about having a moment of deep personal reflection triggered by the HIMYM finale is that I haven't even watched the episode yet. I've only read the spoilers. That said, I won't reveal what happened in this post but if you haven't seen the last episode yet go watch it first. My reaction may tip you off to what happens.
I was missing Robyn (my love, not the character in the show) especially yesterday, because so much of my time is spent away from her. And because of the finale I realized that one of the big messages presented in the show (at least for me) is that time is our most important resource, and how we spend it is something that really matters.
We can spend it with those we love. We can spend it trying new things and worshipping god. We can spend it learning and creating. We can spend it being healthy or sick. We can be inside our outside. We can also spend it chasing money or chasing fame. We can spend it helping others or hurting others. We can spend it enriching ourselves or we can spend it enriching others.
It all comes down to this: we can spend our time on what really matters or what really doesn't matter. Moreover, how we use our time is a reflection on what we value and what we don't.
(Assuming we have sufficient freedom and opportunity to have agency to use our time how we like, which isn't necessarily true in America today, but that's an entirely different issue).
What's even more unique about time is that we can never estimate how much of it we have. In high school I started living by this credo: "Live like there are 10,000 tomorrows, all of which that may never come." If you're thinking it's paradoxical it is.
But it's true.
I was missing Robyn (my love, not the character in the show) especially yesterday, because so much of my time is spent away from her. And because of the finale I realized that one of the big messages presented in the show (at least for me) is that time is our most important resource, and how we spend it is something that really matters.
We can spend it with those we love. We can spend it trying new things and worshipping god. We can spend it learning and creating. We can spend it being healthy or sick. We can be inside our outside. We can also spend it chasing money or chasing fame. We can spend it helping others or hurting others. We can spend it enriching ourselves or we can spend it enriching others.
It all comes down to this: we can spend our time on what really matters or what really doesn't matter. Moreover, how we use our time is a reflection on what we value and what we don't.
(Assuming we have sufficient freedom and opportunity to have agency to use our time how we like, which isn't necessarily true in America today, but that's an entirely different issue).
What's even more unique about time is that we can never estimate how much of it we have. In high school I started living by this credo: "Live like there are 10,000 tomorrows, all of which that may never come." If you're thinking it's paradoxical it is.
But it's true.
