THE VALUE OF TIME
Imagine there’s a bank which credits your account each morning with 86,400 dollars, 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 wipes off, as lost, whatever of this you had failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdrafts. 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 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 his final exam.
To realize the value of one month, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature 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 ten kids to feed.
To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovebirds who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute, ask the person who has missed the train.
To realize the value of one second, ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the person who has just won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment and use it wisely.
Today is a gift. That’s why we call it “the Present.”
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