The art of taking time to live

To get the most out of our life we must take time to live as well as to make a living.
We must practice the art of filling our moments with enriching experiences that will give new depth to our lives.
We should take time for good books.
Time to absorb the thought of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets.
Time for music that washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Time for friendship; time for talks by the fire and walks beneath the stars.
Time for laughter; time for letting go and filling the heart with mirth.
Time for travel; time for pilgrimage and festival and shrine and exhibit, for rock bound coast and desert mountain and plain.
Time for nature; time for flower gardens, trees, birds, and sunsets.
Time to love and be loved for love is the greatest thing in the world.
Time for people; time for the interplay of personalities and the interchange of ideas.
Time for solitude; time to be quiet and alone and to look within.
Time to give ourselves, our talents, abilities, devotion and convictions that we may contribute to the onward march of humanity.
Time for worship; time for opening our lives to God's infinite springs of vitality, that we may live more abundantly.
In all ways let us make our moments glow with life.
Let us pray as did Matthew Arnold: Calm.
Calm of more, nor let of die, before I have begun to live.

--Wilfred. A. Peterson