From: Joanna Smith
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Investing in Time
Just a friendly reminder of things we take advantage of.......
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.
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. 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 has failed
a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given
birth to a pre-mature 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 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 has
missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a
person who has
avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE
MILLI-SECOND, ask the person who
has 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!
May we all remember to praise the Living Lord for the "present"
and trust Him for Tomorrow's Gift
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