What to Do with the Time We’ve Been Given

Are we wasting, investing, or spending our time?

My great-grandfather’s timepiece. Author’s photo

In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo laments that he wishes the ring had never come to him, and that the events taking place had not happened in his lifetime. Gandalf the wizard gently tells Frodo that we do not get to decide what happens during the time we live, and that “All we have to decide is what to do…