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The Present!
Imagine there is a bank which credits your
account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance
from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and 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 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 has failed a
grade.
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 an editor of a weekly
newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has
kids to feed.
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 has missed
the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has avoided
an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND, ask the person who has
won a silver medal in Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because
you shared it with someone special; special enough to have your
time... and remember time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why it's called the present!