Imagine there is a bank which:
• Credits your account each morning with $86,400
• Carries over no balance from day to day
• Allows you to keep no cash balance
• Every evening, cancels whatever part of the amount you had
failed to use during the day
What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course! Well, everyone 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 towards a 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 records 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 that you may get the health, happiness and success you deserve! The clock is running. Make the most of TODAY.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR…
ask a student who has failed a final exam.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH…
ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK…
ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE DAY…
ask a daily wage laborer who has ten kids to feed.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE…
ask a person who has just missed the train to work.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND…
ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment you have, and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special enough to have some of your time.
So tell me… what are you going to do with your 86,400 seconds?
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