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Imagine that there is
a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it 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 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 DAY, ask a daily wage laborer with 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 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! Remember that time waits for no one.
Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's
called the present!
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