We always want more time, but what are you doing with the time you have?

Life is a gift, a one-time-only, no-do-overs, miraculous blessing. And yet, it is so easy to forget that. We get caught in the grind, the distractions, the disappointments, and the endless chase for more. We rush through days, take moments for granted, and act as though time is something we are owed. But the truth is, life is precious and painfully fragile.

None of us are promised a certain number of years, and often, it's only when we’re faced with the reality of death, our own or someone else's, that we suddenly see just how much we have overlooked.

We start to realize how much time we have wasted not really living. Not savoring the small, quiet moments. Not appreciating the people we love. Not being present, or brave, or grateful enough. And when time feels like it might be running out, the weight of what we didn’t do, or didn’t feel, can become overwhelming. Death has a way of waking us up to the truth: this is it. This life, this moment, right now ... it is all we are going to get.

That awareness has been sitting heavy on my heart lately. But it is also a kind of gift in itself, a reminder to live more intentionally, and more gratefully. To show up fully. To love deeper. To stop putting off joy, or meaning, or connection. I don’t want to reach the end and realize I lived on autopilot. I want to be able to say, when that day comes, hopefully far, far from now, that I did life right.

We will always want more time. But maybe if we lived as if life were the gift that it is, not a guarantee, but a blessing, we would make better use of the time we do have. Maybe we would waste less of it. Maybe we would find more peace in knowing we lived with open eyes, a grateful heart, and the courage to live meaningfully.

The truth is, we always want more time, but what are we doing with it? Are we filling it with what truly matters? Are we living in a way that reflects how rare and beautiful this life is? I want to spend my days with that question in mind. I want to live fully, love deeply, and be present enough to notice the moments that are quietly asking to be cherished. Time will keep moving, with or without our awareness. But maybe if we keep remembering that life is a gift, fleeting, fragile, and extraordinary, we will waste less of it, and live more of it the way it was meant to be lived.

xo

Gabby