{"id":17533,"date":"2025-10-28T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:02:59","slug":"ok-time-is-short-how-to-use-it-for-the-most-satisfying-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/ok-time-is-short-how-to-use-it-for-the-most-satisfying-life\/","title":{"rendered":"OK, time is short: How to use it for the most satisfying life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With age 71 just ahead, I\u2019m running after time like Forrest Gump chasing that pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EANHK3-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Time pressed Forest Gump\" class=\"wp-image-17593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EANHK3-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EANHK3-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EANHK3-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EANHK3.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the chart below, time\u2019s not exactly on my side, even if I make it to 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/life_weeks_grid-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Time left in life\" class=\"wp-image-17534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/life_weeks_grid-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/life_weeks_grid-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/life_weeks_grid-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/life_weeks_grid.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So the real question is: how can I use the time I have left to live the most satisfying life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-1-be-mindful-of-brevity\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">1. Be mindful of brevity<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Philosopher Sam Harris said, &#8220;No matter how many times you do something, there will come a day when you do it for the last time.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a last time you&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>hear your parents&#8217; voices on the phone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>say &#8220;I love you&#8221; to a family member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wave goodbye in the driveway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Round clocks throw an illusion that time goes round in circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as each year closes or another milestone birthday arrives, we\u2019re reminded that time moves forward, not round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a journey with a&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>beginning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>middle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At 71, I realize my time with the most important people in my life is limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I want to place my energy where it creates meaning, connection, and joy, not just motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it.&#8221;<\/strong>  Seneca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life\u2019s brevity isn\u2019t meant to alarm us, it\u2019s meant to awaken us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-2-discard-disappointments\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">2.  Discard disappointments<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, as I prepare for the trip of my final years, I&#8217;m thinking about what to take and what to leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m taking the time to make sure that in my family and personal relationships, no one feels unheard, misunderstood, or left out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/rage-in-the-u-s-is-marching-on-what-do-we-do\/\">Anger and grudges<\/a> are dead weight. They drag us, and those we love, down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why cling to old hurts when God calls us to travel light?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Jesus told His followers to shake the dust from their feet and keep walking in faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighter our hearts, the farther our souls can travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-3-embrace-forgiveness\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">3. Embrace forgiveness<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned that nothing is 100% the fault of any one person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only takes one to walk away, but it takes two to choose love and forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask God for grace in any complicated relationship every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accept God\u2019s forgiveness in your own life, and let it overflow to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forgiveness frees us to move forward with peace instead of pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-4-cling-to-peace\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">4. Cling to peace<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll never be at peace with others until you are at peace with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone at war with themselves is at war with everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Live in peace with each other. Encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God\u2019s will for you&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong> <em>1 Thessalonians 5 selected verses<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Living by a code of &#8220;eye for eye&#8221; and &#8220;tooth for tooth&#8221; leads to a sightless, toothless world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why destroy yourself, much less everyone around you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/3-essentials-for-a-wealthy-and-peaceful-life\/\">Peace<\/a> is possible when we pack the most essential item for the journey: a heart centered in God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace doesn\u2019t just happen\u2014it\u2019s chosen, protected, and practiced daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-5-the-essential-friend\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">5. The essential friend<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>God is the one friend who brings strength in life\u2019s disappointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.&#8221;<\/strong> <em>Proverbs 18:24<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>God is the foundation for enjoyment in all of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;&#8230;for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness&#8230;&#8221;<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>Ecclesiastes 2:25-26<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apostle Paul, an eyewitness to the risen Jesus, knew this firsthand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite his many hardships, he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cAt my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord <em>stood at my side<\/em> and gave me strength&#8230; and I was delivered from the lion\u2019s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. 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