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Interesting article on the value of time

This article is not written by me but I like it and post it here.

Article source: MoralStories.net article 120

Title: Have you been to the bank

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 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 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, special enough to spend your time.

And remember that time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history

Tomorrow is mystery

Today is a gift

That’s why it’s called the present!!

It’s National Friendship Week

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed.

They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Show your friends how much you care…..

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About the Author Jim Westergren Jim Westergren is a company owner from Sweden who lives together with his wife and son. Some of his interests are SEO, web development, writing and taking photos. Read his full about page or contact him. Follow Jim on Twitter or subscribe to this blog.
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18 responses »Leave a comment
  1. anju
    said on June 23, 2007 at 7:13 am

    finest of all i have ever read

  2. anju
    said on June 23, 2007 at 7:15 am

    finest of all i hv ever read

  3. Edebiyat
    said on July 18, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    Yesterday is history

    Tomorrow is mystery

    Today is a gift

    veriy nice words :)

  4. Farzana
    said on June 24, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    The most beautiful article for “The value of time”.

  5. apurva
    said on July 7, 2009 at 8:26 am

    it’s very nice and good for every one

  6. Feroz Paray
    said on July 15, 2009 at 8:47 am

    simply superb…wonderfully drafted out

  7. Raghavender Srirampu
    said on July 29, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    WOW, The Best That I Have Read Till Now…

  8. JIgar
    said on September 17, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    A fantastic thing that gives a detail of using TIME
    It hepls to ensure the money value of time

  9. Manju
    said on September 18, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    jim,i realized the value of time whitch iam wasting thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. priyanka
    said on February 24, 2010 at 11:29 am

    so why wise people says “TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE”

  11. vasudev
    said on February 25, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    after doing several search on google, final i got right one. still may be good but i am not getting. better google should also keep some education / school essay details also.

  12. Pascal
    said on March 1, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    very motivational…thanks..

  13. basant
    said on April 7, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    really worthy words

  14. basant
    said on April 7, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    really worthy article 4 all of us

  15. nidhi
    said on May 2, 2010 at 10:31 am

    i have written this article in my value education copy its my home work to write an article on this topic i liked it its very gud………………………………..

  16. Shah
    said on May 13, 2010 at 12:07 am

    This is the finest article that i have ever read in my life.
    really motivational, really I appreciate him for his excellence work. may ALLAH (GOD) Bless him.

  17. manan somani
    said on June 22, 2010 at 10:27 am

    mindblowing and awesome article

  18. girija sankar dash
    said on July 30, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    Till now I have never made any comment,but here I just could not stop myself…….. it is most outstanding .

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