Could you add a few more hours to the day?

Scribe: Howard_T asks, “Could you add a few more hours to the day?”

God: THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, HOWARD. YES, I COULD BUT I WON’T.

Scribe: Don’t be so hasty. Many of us could use more hours in the day.

God: IF I DID, YOU WOULD JUST SPEND THEM PLANNING FOR TOMORROW.

Scribe: I don’t follow.

God: YOU HUMANS ARE HILARIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO TIME. WHEN YOU’RE KIDS, YOU SPEND LOTS OF TIME WISHING YOU WERE OLDER. WHEN YOU’RE OLDER, YOU WISH YOU WERE YOUNGER. IN BETWEEN, YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME PLANNING AND LIVING FOR “SOME DAY” THAT YOU DON’T LIVE IN THE PRESENT.

Scribe: Boy, have you got us nailed.

God: IF I ACTUALLY THOUGHT MORE HOURS IN THE DAY WOULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO STOP AND SMELL THE PROVERBIAL ROSES, I WOULD CONSIDER IT. BUT KNOWING YOU AS I DO, YOU WOULD JUST PACK IT WITH MORE THINGS AND STILL GO THROUGH YOUR DAYS WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THEM.

Scribe: I guess that’s why they feel like they go so fast.

God: EXACTLY. SO MY POINT IS THAT WHAT HOWARD (AND MOST OF THE REST OF YOU) NEED IS NOT MORE HOURS IN THE DAY, IT’S JUST MORE “UNSCHEDULED TIME” IN EACH DAY. THE FIRST ONE I CAN DO BUT I WON’T. THE SECOND IS ENTIRELY WITHIN EACH OF YOURS POWER AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU EXERCISE IT.

Scribe: Bye.

God: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Scribe: You convinced me. I’m going out for a walk.

God: MIND IF I TAG ALONG?

Scribe: You’re omnipresent.

God: RIGHT. LET’S GO THEN.