Imagine
there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries
over no balance from day to day. Every evening whatever part of the balance you
failed to use during the day is deleted.
What would
you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!!!
Each of us
has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400
seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to
invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it
opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you
fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no
going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow." You must live
in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in
health, happiness, and success! The clock is running.
Make the
most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a
grade.
To realize
the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize
the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize
the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize
the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize
the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the
Olympics.
Treasure
every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with
someone special - special enough to spend your time.
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