How precious is time? Why is it that we never seem to have enough of it? It is because time is liquid and can leak away before you even realize it.
Months ago, we had a major leak in our basement. We didn’t know where the water was coming from. Initially, we thought it was the pipe coming from the dishwasher. The plumber came in and fixed the pipe, which was actually slightly cracked. And, we thought we had solved the problem.
Until, one afternoon we came downstairs to discover the carpet was soaked and water was gathering in laundry room. After hours of drying out the basement with towels and industrial fans, we set to work finding the source of the leak.
Turns out the outside hose bib had cracked from the winter cold. Again, the plumber came and fixed the pipe. We made sure to dry out the room completely so that there was no way mold could set in.
Without finding the real source of the leak, we would have been plagued with a wet basement every time my husband washed his car in the driveway.
Time is like that. One drip at a time and pretty soon a puddle gathers. It is finding the source of the little time wasters that helps us plug the leak and put the water back in the place where it is intended to go.
If we want to find time for creating, we need to patch the time leaks elsewhere.
I have found that housework is a time “sieve” and I am always on the look out for ways to patch some of the holes. The biggest “plug” I’ve found so far is to not let the mess pile up.