Live in the Moment Glen Hopkins Salutation of the Dawn  Look to this day!  For it is life, the very life of life.  In its brief course  Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:  The bliss of growth  The glory of action  The splendor of beauty,  For yesterday is but a dream  And tomorrow is only a vision,  But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness  And every tomorrow a vision of hope.  Look well, therefore, to this day!  Such is the salutation of the dawn.  - Kalidasa    Are You a Banker?   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 deletes whatever part of the  balance you failed to use during the day.  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.  And remember that time waits for no one.   Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery.  Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!!  - Unknown        THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT  Mark Twain said, “I have been through some terrible things in my life,  some of which actually happened.”  These words hold great wisdom; the  wisdom of knowing that there is no sense worrying about the past or  fearing the future.  Your past will not change, and your future concerns  may never come.  Many people spend a great deal of time and energy thinking about past  problems and future concerns while the present is passing them by.  Remember the here and now is a gift, which is why they call it the  ‘present’.  Treat it like a present, enjoy it to the fullest and make the  most of it.   Don’t let your life pass you by, focus on the present and enjoy today!
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