Imagine if I gave you $86,400

“Truly by the token of time, human beings are in loss except those who have faith and do righteous deeds and encourage each other in the teaching of truth and patient perseverance.” (Qur’an 103:1-3)

Imagine if every single day I put $86,400 in your bank account. The only catch would be at the end of the day whatever you didn’t spend would be cancelled out to zero. How would you spend that money? How committed would you be to spending every dollar knowing that at the end of the day the account would be cleared? The thing is we all actually have an account like this. It’s called the bank of Time. Every day God gives us 84,600 seconds of time to use. At the end of the day the time we didn’t use or take advantage of does not roll over to the next day it is lost forever. There is no overdraft from the future and there is no saving for the next day, every second you have is perishable, precious, and irreplaceable. Time is one of the greatest gifts God has given us and He will ask us if we spent our time on Earth planting seeds of kindness and love or if we mis-managed our time and wasted this great blessing.

Practice:

•     What do you see as a potential threat to managing your time efficiently this Ramadan? What are 2-3 things you can do to consistently be mindful of your goals?

•     Would it be helpful to have dedicated times every day for reading the Qur’an or doing your practices? Would it be possible to have time periods throughout the day where you turn off your phone and step away from technology?

•     Reflect on your answers and make the intention of implementing them.