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, it deletes whatever 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 a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdrafts.
It opens a new account for you every day. 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 draw-ing against the “tomorrow.” You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get 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 patient with a failing kidney awaiting an organ donor.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed a train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who 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.
Remember that Time waits for no one.
Yesterday is History.
Tomorrow is Mystery.
Today is a Gift. That’s why it is called the Present.
I wanted to share this touching thought, which I hope is meaningful to you throughout the year.
