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The importance of things can be measured by how much time we are willing to invest in them. The more time you give to something, the more you discover it’s importance and value. If you want to know a person’s priorities, just look at how they use their time.

Time is your most precious gift because you only have a limited amount of it. You can make more money but you can’t make more time. When you give someone more time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. Your time is your life. That’s is why the greatest gift you can give somone is your time.

It is not enough just to say relationships are important; we must prove it by investing time in them. Worlds alone are worthless. Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is “T-I-M-E”.

The essence of love is not what we think or do or provide to others, but how much we give ourselves. Many people often don’t understand this. We hear many say I don’t understand my wife and children, “I provide everything they need but they keep complaining”. What more could the need? They want YOU! Your eyes, your ears, your attention, your presence, your focus… In essence they want your time. Nothing can substitute that.

The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or expensive gifts; it is focused attention. Love concentrates so intently on another person that you forget yourself at that moment. Attention says “I value you enough to give you my most precious asset - my time” whenever you give your time, you are making a sacrifice, and sacrifice is the essence of love.

You can give without loving but you can’t love without giving. Love means giving up, yielding my preferences, comfort, goals, security, money, energy or time for the benefit of someone else.

Relationship must have priority in your life above everything else because relationships are all what life is all about. Incidentally many under rate relationships whenyou hear them talking about finding time for people, giving the impression that relationship are just a part of our lives along with many other tasks.

Relationships are what life is all about. In the Bible, four of the ten commandments deal with relationship with people while six others deals with relationship with God, all ten are about relationships.

Relationships, not achievements or acquisition of things are what matters most in life. So why do we allow relationships to ge the short end of the stick? When over schedules become overloaded, we start cutting back on giving the time, energy and attention that a loving relationship deserves.

Busyness is the great enemy of relationships. We become preoccupied with making a living, doing our work, paying bills and accomplishing goals as if these tasks are the point of life. They are not. The point of life is learning to love. Life minus love is zero because love is eternal; lasting forever.

Another thing is that love leaves a legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth. Mother Teresa said “it’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters”. Love is the secret of lasting heritage.

When you happen to be at the bedside of people in their final moments, you can only hear them calling for other people to be around them - people they love and have a relationship with. You will not hear anyone say, “Bring me my diplomas, I want to look at them one more time” or “Show me my awards, my medals or the gold watch I was given”. This shows you the importance of time is spicing love.