The Time Account

Say there is a bank that credits your account every morning with RM86,400. Every evening, the bank deletes whatever remains of this that you have failed to use during the day. It does not carry over any balance from day to day.

What would you do if you had such an account?

Draw out every sen, every day, of course!

Well, each of us has such an account. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, Time credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever that you have failed to put to use. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.

Each day, Time opens a new account for you. Each night, it burns whatever remains in the account. If you fail to use up all of the day's deposits, you can't keep them for tomorrow. Neither can you draw from what will be put in the next morning.

Time's clock runs non-stop.

To realise the value of one year, ask a student who has failed a grade.
To realise the value of one month, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realise the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realise the value of one hour, ask two lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realise the value of one minute, ask a traveller who has just missed his train.
To realise the value of one second, ask the motorist who has just avoided an accident.
To realise the value of one milisecond, ask the athlete who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it the more because you have shared it with someome special, special enough to spend your time with. 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!

Sent to Starmag by Liz Chong