Do not waste time on anger, regrets, worries, or resentment. “Life is too short to be unhappy,” said Roy T. Bennett, and he was right. Toxic feelings have no place in our lives. Being happy—and making others happy—will lead us to where we want to be.
Hippocrates once remarked, “Healing is a matter of time, but sometimes it is also a matter of opportunity.” Today, far removed from that era, we recognize the truth in his words: time heals our wounds. Provided we truly wish to heal and are allowed to do so.
“Five minutes are enough to dream a whole lifetime,” the poet Mario Benedetti observed. Indeed, good moments are rare, yet they are the ones we remember most vividly as the years go by.
Our lives are unique, and we must make the most of them. Perhaps that is why Hans Christian Andersen said, “Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.”
Modern life is designed for speed—giving rise to the internet, text messaging, soft drinks, and instant coffee. While airplanes bring us to distant countries and cities in mere hours. Perhaps for this reason, or others, Mahatma Gandhi stated, “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” It is worth pausing to reflect, becoming more mindful of the present moment and how to live it.
“You may delay, but time will not,” remarked Benjamin Franklin. He was right; time waits for no one, and letting it slip by can cause you to miss once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. For Walter Lang, “time was God’s first creation,” because creation began with the dawn of time.
Regarding time, Evelyn Waugh concluded that “punctuality is the virtue of the bored,” though it is worth noting that the unpunctual person is often so due to an excess of projects. While the punctual person may lack them. Yet, it is also a matter of respect and knowing how to manage one’s time.
For Calviño—Cuba’s most prominent psychologist in the media—waiting should not mean sitting before the sea or a beautiful mountain landscape. Instead, we must “take action” while awaiting the results of economic projects, such as the one Cubans are currently experiencing.
Industrialist Henry Ford believed that most people spend more time and energy dwelling on problems than trying to solve them. I, too, believe that obsessing over problems is often a habit that fails to actually resolve them.
For the great English writer George Orwell, “who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Indeed, we control our lives through our actions, and how we manage our time determines where those lives will lead us.
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