{"id":1291,"date":"2006-09-06T08:40:20","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T08:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2021-04-08T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:39:11","slug":"dont-have-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/food-for-thought\/dont-have-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t have the time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were only 24 hours in a day, then, as now.<br \/>\nBut be\u00adfore he died in 1826, he:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finished college in less than three years.<\/li>\n<li>Studied Law and had been admitted to the bar at age 24.<\/li>\n<li>Introduced crop rotation and terracing to the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and built his own home, designed one of the nation\u2019s leading universities and the Capitol building of his own state.<\/li>\n<li>Invented a plow, a manifold signing machine, a letter copy press, double-swinging doors, a seven-day calendar clock, and countless other gadgets.<\/li>\n<li>Originated the decimal system for U.S. money.<\/li>\n<li>Played a violin well.<\/li>\n<li>Became a serious student of natural history, Indian languages, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, German, Anglo-Saxon, mathematics, history, geography, civics, economics and philosophy.<\/li>\n<li>Served as a member of his State Legislature, Governor, Minister of France, Secretary of State, Vice President and President of the United States for two terms.<\/li>\n<li>Created the public school system in his state.<\/li>\n<li>Established the U.S. Military Academy and designed the uniforms the cadets still wear.<\/li>\n<li>Wrote the rules of parliamentary procedure under which the U.S. Senate still operates.<\/li>\n<li>Was an excellent host who enjoyed entertaining.<\/li>\n<li>Fought for a system of government that made the U.S. a democratic Republic, not one ruled by the aristocracy<\/li>\n<li>Wrote 16,000 letters to friends and colleagues all over the world.<\/li>\n<li>Designed his own gravestone and created the epitaph listing the three accomplishments, of which he was proudest: \u201cHere was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom; and father of the University of Virginia.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What a lesson to people who say, in these days of labor-saving devices: \u2018I just don\u2019t have the time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Author: William \u201cBill\u201d Schock, publisher of the Falls City Journal, NE<br \/>\nSource: Unknown<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were only 24 hours in a day, then, as now. 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