Wasting Time – Suicide on an Installment Plan

Rabbi Noach Weinberg ztl used to say that wasting time was (gd forbid) suicide on an installment plan – after all what is more precious time or money? My kids told me of a futuristic movie last year where the only currency there was in the world was time. People bought, sold and traded their time. Once your time (currency) ran out your life was over. You were always aware of how much time you have left- you knew that at every moment you had to focus on what was most important period! Time is our most precious commodity but it for sure it the thing that we most take for granted. It is all we truly have to give to one another that makes the most impact.

Rabbi Weinberg tells of a person who is on a bus and every few seconds he throws a dollar bill out the window.You look at him incredibly- what a meshugunah- He’s crazy – Every few seconds he throws out more money. But the most amazing thing hasn’t happened yet. Finally when the bus stops and he has thrown out hundredsAnd hundreds of dollars- he turns to you and says “Can I borrow some money”?

This is what it means when we waste our time (as if we throw away money) and turn around and ask God for more time. Why should he want to give it to you? What are we doing with it?