Time is of the essence
By sofs
@sofssu (23662)
February 1, 2019 12:15am CST
My friend complained this morning that she has not had time to call me. She says she would love to spend time with me but she just can't find the time.
Holding the phone I was smiling at the other end thinking we all have the same time. We all have days when we are loaded up with stuff and off days too.
Life isn't about how much time we have its about how much time we make for the people we care about.
No, I am not complaining about my friend. She hasn't called me more than six times in the last three years after she moved to Australia, I have accepted that and moved on.
I quickly made the calls I need to make so I don't fall back on my duties.
I just sat here and wrote some mails so I don't have to feel bad about not finding the time for them.
I guess I needed a reminder today and now that I have spent the time on the phone this morning I can get back to work.
Thank God for the reminder I made time today.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
1 Feb 19
I have lost contact with almost all of my friends. For me, friends come and go which kind of sad.
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@sofssu (23662)
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1 Feb 19
@yoalldudes I am in touch with friends from play school even now. But that doesn't mean I have so many friends, I am selective about them.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
1 Feb 19
@sofssu That is really good.I am happy for you.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
1 Feb 19
I have understood it clearly We have time only for those activities that we look forward to.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
1 Feb 19
@sofssu I remember saying this about stitching. I always said I was busy but the fact of the matter was I just hated stitching
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@sofssu (23662)
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2 Feb 19
@allknowing There you go, That is the real truth. This is how excuses are born. 
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@sofssu (23662)
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1 Feb 19
@allknowing Yeah, you have time only for the things you want to do , that doesn't mean you have no time, i just means that you don't make tome for other things. You are right.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
2 Feb 19
i get that 'too busy' thingy quite oft from those who profess they've the desire, yet not the time. i 'gree, such's a falsehood they've conned 'emselves 'nto believin' 'n hope they can do the same with ya.
kudo's to ya fer tendin' what 'twas 'mportant. we've always time, jest gotta make 't.
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@sofssu (23662)
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2 Feb 19
@crazyhorseladycx You always say the truth as it should be, there aren't many like you these days. we've become a generation of politically correct people.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
2 Feb 19
@sofssu aw schucks, 'tis a blessin' 'n a curse. i keep tryin' to pinpoint when we ('s a global society) bought fully 'nto the ruse 'f not 'nough time 'mong other thingies. big hugs!
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
1 Feb 19
I'm not a great one for keeping in touch with friends and family regularly.
Unless there is something important going on in our lives I just don't feel the need to engage in smalltalk, even with my closest family members.
They do know that if they ever need help with anything then all they need to do is call me.
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@sofssu (23662)
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1 Feb 19
@WorDazza If you feel comfortable about that and if your people feel that way , well there is no problem there.I am just pointing out the fact that we all have only so much time, You can make time for someone if you want to. If you have never been in touch people may not feel like calling and bothering you if they need help. Just my personal opinion.
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@a_jerobon (2304)
• Eldoret, Kenya
1 Feb 19
Time is really of essence. Once you plan it well, you will get time to do all you want to do.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
1 Feb 19
Don't feel bad. They are still your friends even without constant communication.
Two of my best friends are already living in Australia.
The other one haven't come home in our town for many years like more than 15 years already, but we communicate through facebook. We remain the best of friends.
The other one, gets to come home in our hometown for at least every 3 years. We also communicate through fb or messenger. But still we remained bffs.
I think, for friends, we need not communicate a lot of times. It's enough that we get to communicate even once in a blue moon. The friendship will always be with us.
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@Shiva49 (26199)
• Singapore
1 Feb 19
I have very few friends I am regularly in touch with.
Out of the blue, someone else calls me and then memories come flooding back of the time we spent together.
I met one, who I was close with, after forty years! It was like a second life for me to relive the moments! siva
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@Shiva49 (26199)
• Singapore
2 Feb 19
@sofssu I met another of my friends again after forty years.
I used to play with his three children and was glad to get in touch with them too.
Talking of going back in memories or rather refreshing them, his daughter wrote a long email from the US reminding me about how I used to entertain them.
In these "me too" times, I was relieved that she had only positive things to say and I was touched a little girl could remember so much and rekindle my moments of those times - siva
@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
2 Feb 19
We are all in a rush and sometimes we don't take some of our time to be with friends and family. Reading this made me make a phone call.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
1 Feb 19
I am guilty of that too. I worked all week and by the time I get home I am exhausted. Weekends are for recharging for another stressful week ahead. I don't visit the people I should or even call because I don't like the phone. It seems like always an excuse but it doesn't mean that I don't think about them.
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@sofssu (23662)
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1 Feb 19
@Happy2BeMe I think all of us are guilty of this at some level. I posted this mainly as a reminder so we don't have to these kinds of regrets in life.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
1 Feb 19
@sofssu I understand and it is a good message
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