What is a moment anyhow? It's one of those things that go whizzing by, and before you can catch it, it has slipped through your fingers. Perhaps the speed of its passing is irritating because you'd intended to do all sorts of constructive things with that one moment and a few others tied up with it.
Do you sometimes find yourself asking, "Why didn't I do so–and–so with the time I had? How could I have been so stupid?" One of the ways I deal with such times of disappointment is to reflect upon what Mrs. Eddy says about day in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health. She writes: "The irradiance of Life; light, the spiritual idea of Truth and Love." A few lines later she says: "The objects of time and sense disappear in the illumination of spiritual understanding, and Mind measures time according to the good that is unfolded. This unfolding is God's day, and 'there shall be no night there.'" Science and Health, p. 584.
This day is my day and yours! It belongs to us as God's reflection. And its irradiance and harmony are mine and yours at this very moment. Understanding that our day is not really a material struggle but an unfolding of spiritual good frees us to do all the things that need to be done and to feel joy in doing them. We realize that man is not the servant of time, rushing madly here and there to keep up with its demands and pressures. Man's spiritual individuality is the image, or idea, of timeless eternal Life, whose day is forever.
