Sometimes the best place for me to ponder is in the shower. I get some of my best ideas there. I kind of think it’s because it’s one of the few places that I have no other distractions and absolutely no interruptions. My husband often asks me why I spend so much time in the shower. I think I should start telling him it’s a meeting of the mind.

I started thinking about time. Time is really the only commodity we have. It is with our time that we convey our value system and our priorities. We spend countless hours in our lifetime working to take care of ourselves. Some people spend that time in a job they hate, others spend that time trying to obtain things, good and bad. Some spend that time helping others, while others spend it hurting others or themselves.

When my kids were little we talked about stealing, as well as taking care of their own belongings. How when someone steals, they aren’t stealing an item, they’re stealing a piece of someone’s life. Likewise, when they didn’t care for their belongings, it was like showing their dad that his life, his time, wasn’t important.

The other morning I was thinking about caring for my body, the cost and the compensation that I receive for doing so. If I choose to spend my time and efforts obtaining money to buy drugs, the compensation I receive in return is very detrimental, not only to me but to my loved ones as well. But if I put forth the effort to care for my body, utilize the pay I receive for working to buy healthy food, maybe a gym membership, treadmill, weights, etc., I have used the time I spent, that piece of my life, on something that will compensate me well, maybe not initially, but over the long run.

In the scriptures it talks a lot about how you can know what a person is like because of the fruits of their labors. That is a time/compensation process. When someone has put forth the effort to build a life, do good to those around them, taken responsibility for their lives, there are good fruits that can be seen over the course of their lives.

As I have recently tried to prioritize better, learn how to manage my time better, and see where my time goes, I have decided I want to make sure I am not wasting my time on things that have little or no compensation. I am definitely no there yet, but I have noticed recently, the adjustments I have made to how I schedule things and my priorities have made a noticeable difference already. I am so grateful for what I am learning and for the opportunity to continue to learn throughout my life.