I’ve only just a minute, only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, can’t refuse it, didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it,
But it’s up to me to use it.
I must suffer if I lose it, give an account if I abuse it,
Just a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it.
Benjamin E. Mays lived with a conviction about the sacredness of time – even one minute of time. How could our lives change if we had the same belief?