{"id":111528,"date":"2015-05-07T15:29:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=111528"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T21:28:40","slug":"no-one-is-rich-with-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/no-one-is-rich-with-time\/","title":{"rendered":"No One is Rich with Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-111586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/NoOneIsRichInTime-550x270.jpg?resize=550%2C270\" alt=\"No One Is Rich With Time\" width=\"550\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are some mornings that I find it incredibly difficult to get out a bed. \u00a0In the fogginess of one early morning, lyrics from Bono singing Beautiful Day on the alarm clock unexpectedly struck my heart.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful day, don\u2019t let it get away.\u201d &#8211; <strong>U2<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I instantly thought of the countless moments I had wasted in my mornings because I felt too comfortable to get out of bed. Sleep is important, but I have often misused my time when it\u2019s so easy to hit the snooze button.<\/p>\n<p>Attending the recent funeral of a young person made me realize how much I take my own life for granted. It\u2019s sad that it often takes such dramatic events to wake me up from the rhythms of life, but I am also grateful for God\u2019s generosity with new opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how much difference there is in the material world, we all have the same time. No one is rich with time because we are only guaranteed the moment we have right now.<\/p>\n<p>Trusting in the goodness of the Lord, we can see that as a blessing, and one we shouldn\u2019t waste.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sxmzOuR4E2I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I pray God may open your eyes and let you see what hidden treasures He bestows on us in the trials from which the world thinks only to flee.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; St. John of Avila<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be &#8211; and becoming that person.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>-St. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He who possesses God lacks nothing: God alone suffices.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; St. Teresa of Avila<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.<br \/>\n<strong>-St. Peter of Alcantara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; Saint John Paul II<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some mornings that I find it incredibly difficult to get out a bed. \u00a0In the fogginess of one early morning, lyrics from Bono singing Beautiful Day on the alarm clock unexpectedly struck my heart. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful day, don\u2019t let it get away.\u201d &#8211; U2 I instantly thought of the countless moments I&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/no-one-is-rich-with-time\/\">[Read&nbsp;More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[90],"tags":[360,118,125,361],"class_list":["post-111528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-faith-blog","tag-busy","tag-death","tag-life","tag-time","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":272272,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/god-where-have-you-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":111528,"position":0},"title":"God, Where Have You Gone?","author":"Robert Lindberg","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"God, where have you gone? 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