The reason this episodes has recently stuck out to me is because I feel just as helpless as she did. (No worries-I’m not addicted to caffeine pills. Let’s be honest: I can barely handle green tea.) But one line from this episode has been running through my thoughts almost nonstop during my senior year.
“There is no time. There is not enough time. There is never any time.”
This is exactly how I feel. There is never enough time to accomplish what I need to accomplish. Balancing two internships, a part time job, an average of 22 credit hours of school, and student leadership opportunities, it safe to say I am stretched pretty thin. My body, my mind, and, most painfully, my spirit have been exhausted.
This semester I have had some curveballs thrown my way, intensifying my exhaustion: my car completely died, my apartment building caught fire, and most recently my favorite professor, the man who made me so passionate about marketing, passed away due to heart failure.
I had never felt so lost. I knew these things weren’t from God, but I couldn’t understand why He would leave me feeling so helpless. I knew there had to be a lesson He was teaching me through these hardships, especially the death of Professor Lewis.
That lesson was there is never enough time.
There is never enough time to tell people in your life how much you appreciate all they have done for you. But you can show those around you gratitude every single day.
There is never enough time to do everything you want to do. But you can make sure the things you do have time for are meaningful to you, and you won’t care so much about missing the rest.
There is never enough time to tell someone how much they have impacted your life. But you can take the lessons they’ve taught you pass them along to others.
Lastly, you may feel like there is never enough time, but follow where God is calling you. He created the day, and if you give your time to Him, there will be enough time.
