Editing Shmirat HaZman (Guarding Time) (section)

==== Importance of Guarding Time ====
When they told [[the Rebbe Rashab]] that the Chassidim of the Alter Rebbe were always 'counting' time, he responded: "This is the essence of avodah, the hours are counted – and then the days are also counted. When a day passes, one should know what was accomplished on that day and what needs to be accomplished in the future". Elsewhere he expressed it more strongly, saying that when a person does not guard time, he "causes harm to his soul".

The Rebbe also explained the importance and necessity of guarding time: "This is something visibly apparent, every moment that passes is already lost if it was not utilized for what it could and should have been used for – it is lost. Even if the matter will be done in the next moment or tomorrow or the day after, nevertheless, that moment that was not utilized remains wasted. It was a moment in which he did not live his life as it should have been".