Relationship With Time: Quote of the day by Sister Shivani: “If we keep saying, ‘I am busy, I don’t have time’ We radiate a message…I have a lot more to do than I can handle.”; On building a positive relationship with time
BK Sister Shivani is an engineer-turned spiritual orator, Rajyoga trainer, and mindfulness guide. She is known to millions for giving discourses on various aspects of life, the choices we make every day, and thought processes. Today, she is one of the most watched and popular people who talk about mindfulness and positive life choices.She beautifully talks about how often we say, “I’m busy, I don’t have time.” It spills out so easily that we rarely stop to notice what it actually communicates. It sounds like a fact about our schedule, but it often becomes a story about ourselves.Over time, that being said again and again influences how we feel about our days, our relationships, and even our own worth. Even though outer words do not define who we are, being said again and again, it becomes impactful.What we repeat becomes what we believe, and what we believe becomes how we live.
Quote of the day
If we keep saying, “I am busy, I don’t have time.”We radiate a message, “I am just not available; I have a lot more to do than I can handle.”Lack is in our attitude, not in the time we have.Start saying, “I am easy, I have time for everything.”An energy of calmness radiates to the mind,an energy of ease radiates to the body,an energy of respect radiates to relationships.Start creating a beautiful relationship with time
BK Sister Shivani
What does the quote mean?
BK Shivani’s message is simple on the surface: stop saying “I’m busy”; start saying “I’m easy; I have time for everything.” But underneath that simple change is actually an important observation about human psychology. When we say we’re busy, we’re not just recalling a full schedule; we’re broadcasting a belief that life is asking too much of us and giving too little back.That belief doesn’t stay in our heads. It travels into our tone of voice, our body language, and the way we treat the people around us. A rushed “I don’t have time for this” said to a partner, a child, or a colleague carries an unspoken second message that you are not important enough for my time. Over years, that message unknowingly erodes relationships far more than the actual lack of minutes ever could.
Two different people with similar schedules can have a different outlook on life
Shivani means to say that scarcity of time is often an attitude, not an arithmetic problem. Two people with identical schedules can experience their day completely differently, one with an unstable mind and resentful, the other calm and present, depending on the internal story they’re running.This isn’t about denying the real constraints or actual tightness of schedule or pretending we can do infinite things at once. It’s about noticing that our relationship with time is something we’re constantly creating through language and mindset, and that we have more say in it than we usually assume.
This idea is more relevant than ever for the present
This idea feels custom-built for how we live now. We are more “time-poor” on paper than any generation before us, yet also more anxious, more distracted, and paradoxically often less productive in actual practice.Notifications fragment our attention every few minutes. Hustle culture appreciates busyness as if it is a badge of honour, so much so that “I’m so busy” has become an acceptable brag, be it on social media or in society in general.Meanwhile, burnout, sleep deprivation, and strained relationships are increasing twofold. In such an environment, choosing the words “I have time” isn’t just being naively optimistic, but just a small act of resistance against a practice that oftenh we makes us feel that we do not have enough and profits from that.
