Unscheduled time,
combined with the unperturbed moment, is an opportunity to plug more directly
in to our truest Destiny.
However, during
unscheduled/unperturbed time, which we treat without passing thought as “Free
Time”, most of us are more prone to UNPLUG
ourselves from anything faintly resembling Destiny and, instead, plug into
anything and everything as far removed from Destiny as possible. This condition allows something we call “Fate”
to take over our lives, and the results, without exception, aren’t pretty!
I believe the real problem in dealing with the
unperturbed/unscheduled moment is that we don’t have or recognize or cultivate truest
Destiny “Plug-Ins” – call them “Apps”, if you like. We naturally resist structure, discipline and
“meaningful” pursuits that require some effort, missing or ignoring completely
the “energizing” effect of hitching our wagon to a star and focusing all our
attention and energies into a Grand Plan, Purpose or Goal.
So we’ve got to develop our “Plug-Ins” with care – and on
purpose.
First, start with a Grand Plan. It doesn’t have to be specific or
grandiose. It can be as simple as: “I
want to become the best I can be.” More
specifics might help, such as: “I want to become the best student/salesperson/writer/producer/craftsman I can
be.” But specifics are not necessary in
the beginning.
Then make a list of things that relate to that Grand
Plan. This should include skill-building
activities, reading/research, tool acquisition (computer, software,
tools-of-trade, etc.), connecting with significant others in a particular field
of interest, and anything that will enhance “the color of your parachute”.
Your list is a “Plug-In” master panel. It is your “GO-TO” Plug-In store specifically
designed to take maximum advantage of the unperturbed/unscheduled moment. Your plug-ins should include stuff you need
to do to survive, stuff that will help you stay organized, and stuff you find
refreshing/restorative/regenerative. Importantly, there should be no place on
this list for television, videogames, tweeting, texting and twittering. These activities are akin to drugs that drain
life-sustaining oxygen out of our veins.
You might as well do “blood-letting”!
If you have too much unscheduled/unperturbed time and find
yourself gravitating to any of the above diversionary activities, you need to get
a Grander Plan. Your Destiny awaits and
Fate will have to move on to more degenerative fields of opportunity.
One of my personal “Plug-Ins” is exercise. In fact, I think exercise should be near the
top of any Grand Plan Plug-In list. It
increases circulation, clears cobwebs in the brain, energizes the body,
increases momentum, brightens the spirit, capacitizes our constitution for
exigencies, helps in “Centering Down”, and aerates the soul.
Be ruthless in planning, “Plugging-In” and purposefully
using unscheduled/unperturbed time.
“Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening at once.”
Author Unknown
Don’t keep putting off those things on your Destiny’s
“Plug-In List” that need to be happening NOW – during the
unscheduled/unperturbed moment; it makes’ God’s job a lot easier if we do OUR part on OUR time!
"The time for taking all measures for a ship's safety is while still able to do so."
Admiral Nimitz, in a letter to the Pacific Fleet, 1945
“All we have to decide is what to
do with the time that is given to us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien “The Fellowship of the Ring”
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