- THE GIFT OF TIME
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- The clock is running. Make the most of today.
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- To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who has failed a grade.
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- To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a
- premature baby.
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- To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
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- To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has kids to
- feed.
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- To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
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- To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed the train.
- THE GIFT OF TIME
- To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has avoided an
- accident.
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- To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who has won a
- silver medal in the Olympics.
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- Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you
- shared it with someone special, special enough to have your time . . .
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- And remember time waits for no one . . .
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- Yesterday is history.
- Tomorrow a mystery.
- Today is a gift.
- That's why it's called the present!
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