we squander β¦ate to such work. So much of life is spent in life: working, child raising, bill paying, all of it. What little time we have, once we even reach the point were we become aware that a different life is available, is still distracted by all those other Things in Life which we must attend. So if you and I allow ourselves to be derailed by worrying about lost youth, or beauty, or whatever, we squander even more of the precious time we are allotted to do sacred work.