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A time for everything

25/6/2014

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With great feeling, I said to a client wrestling with an important decision: "Don't worry, there is a time for everything under heaven."

Some deep corner of my memory conjured up this thought from the Book of Ecclesiastes. 

I’m not the biblical type, so I probably first heard the words as a child when my mother played Pete Seeger records, including Turn! Turn! Turn!  Or maybe it was listening to the Byrds’ hit on a transistor radio.  Whatever the source of my memory, here’s the King James Version:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
  • A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
  • A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
  • A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
  • A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
  • A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I leave the debate about the deep meaning of this wonderful text to biblical scholars – not to mention fans of both Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn and the rest of the Byrds – but a few things stand out for me:  

  • With hard work, the fruits of our labor, if not realized today will be realized in time – something good will come to pass
  • There is a time for all emotions because they come and go – from feeling good to bad, happy to unhappy, secure to insecure and in-love to out-of-love
  • Time takes care of everything –- it lets us heal, realize our dreams, forgive, let go and move on  
  • Impermanence and change are the unavoidable constants – so embrace them 

Enjoy your time,

Coach Minda

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8/3/2021 09:29:22 pm

Loved reading this thanks

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