30,000 Days

This is a short contemplation. Our lives are fleeting; how do we spend them? complaining? in worry? fear? Can we make a choice in how we spend our precious years, days, hours? Come spend a few minutes with me contemplating these important questions....

Transcript

30,

000.

That is the number of days the average person will live.

82 years.

30,

000 days.

According to the calculator,

I have around 11,

800 left.

I don't know about you,

But to me,

That doesn't sound a lot.

And what am I going to do with what is left?

As I record this,

I am in day 327 of this year.

Only 38 days left of it.

I could make excuses over this year.

I could say,

This has been a terrible year.

I haven't been able to do anything this year with the pandemic.

It's a write-off.

And I actually have said that.

But have I got a right to say that?

Does it even matter about any of that when it comes to my life?

My days?

My hours and minutes and seconds that are mine?

Do I have any excuses?

Does it really matter about the past or the future?

Is the real question not what will you do with your 30,

000 days,

But what will you do with this one?

I don't know if I will get 30,

000.

None of us do.

You might be thinking,

Well,

This is a bit morbid,

But I'm not sure if it is.

It's not thinking about death.

It's about contemplating our lives,

Our life and how we spend it,

Use it.

Take a couple of minutes here thinking about your days that you have used already.

If you knew you didn't have much time left,

Would you be happy in how you have spent your days?

Is how I spend my days out of my control?

I might think sometimes,

Yes,

I have to go to work when I really don't want to,

Or I have to do the shopping or the housework when I really don't want to.

But can I control my attitude whilst doing those things?

Is it impossible to be happy whilst doing things I don't really want to do?

Or can I choose my attitude?

Can I choose to be happy whether I am doing the things I love or doing the things I don't?

Can I decide I will have a good attitude in everything I do?

Henry Thoreau said,

He is a true artist whose life is his materials.

Every stroke of the chisel must enter his own flesh and bone and not scrape dully on the marble.

So what will you carve out of your life?

Will it be a sculpture made from worry,

Fear and complaining?

Or will it be a beautiful piece carved out of joy,

Peace,

Contentment?

What will you choose?

What will you decide for this day?

Thank you.

Reviews

Wow! That was thought-provoking! I have 5875 days left, not many at all. If I live until I’m 90 like my parents I’ll have 8795, which still doesn’t sound like much! I already practice gratitude in the most mundane things - I am profoundly grateful for water at the turn of a tap and for instant hot water and washing up liquid for washing the dishes. I don’t have to go and find wood to heat my oven when I bake my bread…the list is endless. Having seen how few days I have left, I know I shall now wake up each morning grateful that I’m alive and excited at the prospect of another day ahead. Thank you Mandy! 🙏🏽

You are absolute brilliance. Thank you for being here. 🙏🏼

Beautifully written and spoken. Thanks for posting

Wow Mandy thank you, that really hit home! X

This is such an important idea to contemplate. Thank you for this reminder.

I’m carving, laughing and learning. Thank you for your assistance.🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing. A powerful reminder 🙏

Think you so much for this very much needed we all have to look at ourselves and decide how want to make up our day ahead and we make it either happy or not we have to carve our own happiness and try to make everything better