Life Essay, Research Paper

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

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 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 failed a grade.

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a

pre-mature 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 MILLI-SECOND, 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, special enough to spend your time.

And remember that time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history

Tomorrow a mystery

Today is a gift

That’s why it’s called the present!