We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary.

Our mission on earth is to recognize the void - inside and outside of us - and fill it.

Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.

We are always rushing to an appointment or trying to meet a deadline.

One who loves must learn fear. One who fears must learn love. The thinker must do. The doer must think. The pacifist must fight, the fighter must find peace. If you flow as a river, burn as a fire. If you burn as a furnace, flow as a river. If you fly as a bird, sit firm as a rock. If you sit firmly, then fly as a bird. Be a fire that flows. A rock that flies. Love with fear and fear with love. For we are not fire, not water, not air, not rocks, not thoughts, not deeds, not fear, not love. We are G-dly beings.

So during those first moments of the day, which are yours and yours alone, you can circumvent these boundaries and concentrate fully on spiritual matters. And this gives you the opportunity to plan the time management of the entire day.

But time is yet another of God's creations, and as such, it has a life of its own.