i want to remind you that we are about to lose a year it’s finished it’s gone and i want to leave a few thoughts with you and also give you a few thoughts to go forward i want us to speak to you for a few minutes on redeeming time i want to focus on the 10 keys to maximizing and redeeming time please write this statement down it may be a good place to start and that is the most common gift that god ever gave any human is time and when i use the word common i’m referring to the fact that all humans on earth the only thing that we are given
that is common to everyone is time all of us are different heights different weights different colors and pigmentation different economic strata different families from different ethnic backgrounds we are from different cultures but one thing we all have in common and i’m talking about 7.
2 billion people on earth have the same common commodity and that’s time why is that so important because of the next statement that is what you are and what you become depends on how you use your time you and i have the same amount of time the billionaire and the beggar both have 24 hours every day the old and the young the black the white the indian and the asian are all given the same amount of time every day so really point number three becomes very logical and that is time cannot be stopped but humans can control it you cannot stop a day you cannot stop
an hour they have no respect for you but you can control how it will be used which means that even though time is unstoppable it is controllable and what you do with it determines who you become can you honestly say to yourself that you used 2013 effectively i think about time a lot because time is life and every time a year passes you are basically measuring time because a year is the passing of time in our cultures and an opportunity to redefine your priorities is why new years come let me ask you to make a note of a
