The Value of a Minute

A minute can make the difference between life and death, love and hate, success and failure. Use yours well.

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Seconds. That’s what we’re working with. Every second, we make observations, judgments, and decisions — even in our sleep, though perhaps with less control than we have in reality.

You have sixty of them in a minute. That’s a lot of time. Just think of the things you could do! Think of the diversity of all the things people around the world are doing this very instant. You could:

• Decide to smile or frown, laugh or cry, sing or scream.
• Create art — an expression of your thoughts and feelings that might be revered by your descendants in a hundred plus years.
• Open your mind to learning something new.
• Book a trip somewhere exciting (definitions vary), or save money for your next trip.
• Adopt a pet, adopt a child, or help someone in need.
• Birth a child, or support a partner who is giving birth.
• Lay a loved one or a friend to rest, honoring their memory.
• Commit to a goal of any shape, size, or distance — as long as it’s right for you in this minute.
• Actively pursue a previously set…