Chapter 94 fantasy of time

Time is wealth, but like wealth, time is primarily about using it, not saving it. The poet Rilke narrated the following interesting story in his poetic novel "Notes of Martel": In the next door to Martai, lived a depressed little official. On a Sunday morning, he suddenly thought of a strange question: Although the life in front of him was bleak, he still had a long time to live. Saying that he can live for fifty years, he thoughtfully converted these fifty years into months, days, hours, minutes, and if he could bear it, then into seconds. As a result, he got a huge number that he had never seen before. All dazzled.

As the saying goes: time is precious, what a great fortune this is, he was so excited, so in the dark small room, he imitated his boss's tone, and presented this huge wealth as a gift to himself with a serious expression. Since then, although he has become a rich man, he still does not change his original cautious and frugal life.But now, every Sunday, he spends a lot of time calculating his income and expenses. After three weeks of this, he was surprised to find that he had already spent a huge amount.So, he decided to save a little.From then on, he got up earlier than before, washed his face less carefully, drank tea standing up and rushed to the office.He took every opportunity to save time, bit by bit, but next Sunday, when he calculated, he found that he had saved nothing at all.Finally, he felt that he had been cheated, that he could neither create nor keep the wealth of time.

Although it is said that time is wealth, just like ordinary wealth, the meaning of time is mainly to use rather than save.Before a mountain of timber was piled up, a sawman felt that all his time must be spent on sawing, and there should be no waste. He was so nervous that he dared not rest, and even had no time to sharpen his saw.He wants to save time sharpening the saw, and it may end up taking more time and physical effort to complete his job. Time does not exist for people to save, what you need is to start using it now!