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                                                         "There's 
                                                          an appropriate time 
                                                          to do things, a right 
                                                          time for everything 
                                                          on earth: A right time 
                                                          for birth and another 
                                                          for death, a right time 
                                                          to plant and another 
                                                          to reap, a right time 
                                                          to kill and another 
                                                          to heal, a right time 
                                                          to destroy and another 
                                                          to construct, a right 
                                                          time to cry and another 
                                                          to laugh, a right time 
                                                          to lament and another 
                                                          to cheer, a right time 
                                                          to make love and another 
                                                          to abstain, a right 
                                                          time to embrace and 
                                                          another to part, a right 
                                                          time to search and another 
                                                          to count your losses, 
                                                          a right time to hold 
                                                          on and another to let 
                                                          go, a right time to 
                                                          rip out and another 
                                                          to mend, a right time 
                                                          to shut up and another 
                                                          to speak up, a right 
                                                          time to love and another 
                                                          to hate, a right time 
                                                          to wage war and another 
                                                          to make peace." 
                                                          (Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 
                                                          The Message) 
                                                        HOW 
                                                          MUCH TIME TO DO YOU 
                                                          WANT?  
                                                        I 
                                                          listened with amusement 
                                                          to a voice mail from 
                                                          a vendor rep who wanted 
                                                          to come in with his 
                                                          boss and discuss business. 
                                                          "If we could come 
                                                          in tomorrow around 10, 
                                                          we would need about 
                                                          an hour of your time." 
                                                        I 
                                                          called back a couple 
                                                          of days later and laughed 
                                                          "I don't give my 
                                                          kids an hour of my time, 
                                                          you'll get 5 minutes 
                                                          or less." 
                                                        It 
                                                          seems I always find 
                                                          time for what I want 
                                                          to do but make the excuse 
                                                          of being too busy when 
                                                          I am confronted with 
                                                          an unpleasant task. 
                                                          I take what I do way 
                                                          too seriously as if 
                                                          I'm the only important 
                                                          person out there, that 
                                                          what I do or have planned 
                                                          should take precedence 
                                                          over any and every other. 
                                                        It's 
                                                          funny how sickness or 
                                                          some major crisis can 
                                                          change your perspective 
                                                          on life. 
                                                        God 
                                                          has set eternity in 
                                                          our hearts and only 
                                                          a relationship with 
                                                          Him will allow you to 
                                                          realize it. 
                                                        Rejoice 
                                                          in the Lord Always! 
                                                        Dario 
                                                          Ferko 
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