Posted by EricNC on April 20, 2003 at 09:57:37:
Yeah, the part about the $86400 is in “Deals on Wheels” or “Making Money with Mobile Homes” by Lonnie Scruggs.
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THE GIFT OF TIME - Posted by John
Posted by John on April 19, 2003 at 15:13:41:
THE GIFT OF TIME
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 premature 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 MILLISECOND, 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 have your time . . .
And remember time waits for no one . . .
Yesterday is history?Tomorrow a mystery?Today is a gift?
That’s why it’s called the present!
Remember…
“We all find time to do what we really want to do.”
“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time you must make it.”
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”
Re: THE GIFT OF TIME - Posted by Jay
Posted by Jay on April 20, 2003 at 02:35:01:
Good points! What’s funny is that about two days ago I read that exact same thing in an investing book, verbatim. Perhaps you wouldn’t mind posting the source of this quote, and mentioning the fact that it is a quote next time?
Powerful Message nt. - Posted by phil fernandez
Posted by phil fernandez on April 19, 2003 at 19:59:15:
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Re: THE GIFT OF TIME - Posted by Jim - NE
Posted by Jim - NE on April 19, 2003 at 16:43:35:
Thank you John,
This came at a great time for me. I was jusk kicking myself over a lost deal. Your words made me realize that the time I just spent feeling sorry for myself I will never get back! Now I will move on and build on what I have learned so it doesn’t happen to me again.
Jim
Re: THE GIFT OF TIME - Posted by JJ-KC
Posted by JJ-KC on April 19, 2003 at 15:46:51:
what a way to make a person think-Thanks