4 Feb. 2022 – Time – CoH sm minute

Hello again!

Tonight Mr. Mushaw talked to everyone, particularly the adults, about using their money to support Scouting.

For many of us in this room and for many people in Northern Virginia, money isn’t their most preciously commodity. Rather it is time. For parents, with so many households having two or more adults working and community, plus taking care of our minors, there is not a lot of time left in the week.

 Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. – Theophrastus. So this is not a new phenomenon, even in ancient Greece time was very precious

For scouts there is a major competition for you time with school and homework forming the essentials, and many other activities needed to round each of you out into an individual and learn the skills you need in life (there are many skills that are learned outside of school).

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen Covey. Why investing; because time is an investment in yourself. We all have the same 24 hours. Some of us, invest it with laser beam focus, a singleness of purpose that defies all expectations. A number of them are in Bejing this week representing their respective countries. Others of us try to be as broad in our experiences as the Chesapeake Bay. We try all that life has to offer, but not in so much depth that anyone thing defines them. Most of us fall somewhere in between.

  It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Whether a rose, a diamond, gold, or a Scout rank badge each of these is defined by commitment to expend the energy necessary to obtain them. Roses wilt, diamonds get lost, and gold gets stolen. The skills and commitment you’ve learned for you Scout ranks will always stay with you.

And with that it’s time to plan where to invest your time for the next four months. Congratulations Scouts!