Tao cultivators realize that time is something they have to create for themselves. They observe that when people have time on their hands, they spend it watching television, surfing the web, playing games or chatting with friends. Such activities are not bad or wrong, but we can while away an entire life on them, and get no closer to our dreams.

we come to believe that we, not God, are the masters of time. We come to believe that our worth must be proved by the way we spend our hours and that our ultimate safety depends on our own good management.