For October’s “Salute to the Quarter,” we were tempted to talk about football—there are a slew of great quotes by Bear Bryant and Peyton Manning, but none of them fell into what you would call a literary category.
Then, we stumbled on this quote from Catholic writer, Matthew Kelly, who is talking not about football, but about the game of life. Kelly has dedicated his life to helping people and organizations become the-best-version-of-themselves since he was a teenager. According to his website, five million people have attended his seminars and presentations in more than 50 countries.
Because his target audience skews to those who are, ahem, a bit older, he’s talking to those in the final quarter of their time here on Earth. But we can think of time in smaller segments than lifetimes.
For instance, we have arrived at the fourth quarter of the year. Days, too, are units of time that also can be divided neatly into quarters.
For many of us, the first quarter of each day—the wee hours of the morning—passes by unnoticed. The second and third quarters find us toiling away, and we would be prudent to consider Kelly’s point. Very little is really, truly urgent, and the important things are better served when not rushed; they require and deserve our time and attention.
Unless you’re out to dinner with a slow waiter and tickets to an eight o’clock curtain, very little is urgent between 6 p.m. and midnight, the fourth quarter of the day. Let that quarter be your most enjoyable.
Ways to enjoy the 4th quarter of your day during the 4th quarter of this year: Step outside and enjoy the sunset, linger there and star-gaze, then curl up with a good book.
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