So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Most of us avoid counting our days too closely. It feels morbid, or at least uncomfortable — a reminder that the calendar isn't infinite and neither are we. But this verse makes an unexpected move: it treats that awareness not as something to dodge, but as the actual path to wisdom.
Think about how differently you'd spend an afternoon if you genuinely believed you didn't have unlimited afternoons left. Not in a fearful way, but in a clear-eyed one — the kind of clarity that cuts through the noise of things that don't actually matter and points you toward what does. Most of us live like we have forever, which quietly gives us permission to keep postponing what's important.
This isn't a call to anxiety about death. It's an invitation to a kind of honesty most people avoid — the plain fact of limited time — and the wisdom that tends to grow only in people willing to face it.
If thinking honestly about your limited days stirs something in you, that discomfort might be worth following rather than pushing away.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.