I went to Amazon.com today and in the Books section did a search for "time management." There were over 75,000 results!! Meanwhile, a search for "money management" yields just under 27,000 results. Amazing, when you consider that while there are many different levels of monetary wealth, we all have exactly the same amount of time each day. But the pressure to make the most of that time is relentless--hence the need for 75,000 books.
Living in the Present Tense, of course, isn't exactly about time management. You can use any of those 75,000 methods you want to manage your daily affairs. What present tense living is about is how we view time. We are trying to remove the pressure to maximize every minute, both today and forevermore, and instead live in the present tense: enjoy each moment, each day, one day at a time. Yes, some of those days will be filled with activities; hopefully some of them will be less crowded with appointments; but all of them are opportunities to serve God and others with our activities and presence.
I hope in learning to live in the present tense you'll discover ways to identify and relish those opportunities.
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We've become taskmasters..."doers" instead of "be-ers." Isn't it interesting when your weekend to-do list is longer than your workweek list of to-dos.
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