Whatever that
is. Anyway, someone who reportedly is a friend of mine sent
this over to me to review. Since I have been out of town and
somewhat short on time, it just seems to be the right thing
to do and use this information, besides I think it fits my
mood at this time. So here it goes:
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 it 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 for a 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 days 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 premature 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 the 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 each moment that
you have. Treasure it more because you shared it with
someone special, special enough to spend your time. Remember
that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow
is a mystery. Today is a gift, that’s why its 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 heart to us. Show your
friends how much you care send this to everyone you consider
a friend. If it comes back to you, then you know you have a
circle of friends. Well there you have it. A complete gift
for your friends for this week. The above example of time
kind of gets you to thinking, doesn’t it? Someone once said
that if you can count your friends on one hand, (meaning 5)
then you are lucky indeed. I tend to believe this. I
consider myself blessed by having real friends that have
stuck with me through thick and thin for many years. In fact
these friends are so good, sometimes I think to myself, I
don’t really deserve them. Sometimes I don’t like myself,
and as a result I wonder why someone would like me. As Ive
said before friendships take a lot of work. You must be a
friend to have a friend. Friends take time. Friends take
dedication. FRIENDS TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO MAINTAIN. You have
to be willing to do the extra things that change your
relationships from that of an acquaintance to that of a
friend. Friends have to be willing to do things because they
want to, not because they have to. You have to go to your
nephews graduation. If his name is Zerkowitz, you have to
sit through the entire alphabet before you can leave.
Friends don’t have to do this. They aren’t family obligated
to come and see you when you break your leg or have to have
someone go to the store because you have the flu. They like
doing this stuff for you. They are friends. They can tell
you, you are fat, your hair is dirty, you look bad, you look
great, your breath smells and you have an ugly mean dog and
you and I will just go on loving them because they are our
friends. Friends are just other human beings that we get to
share time with. None of us will ever been at this point in
time again. This time will be over. Some of the stuff your
friends tell you, could never ever, be told to you by your
mother or your spouse. Your family has to live with you,
your friends dont. So, if this is National Friendship Week,
then go out there and tell someone that is a friend of
yours, that you appreciate his or her friendship. Remember
the first part of this column; you wont get the chance to
use those seconds again tomorrow. They’ll be gone. Use your
time wisely, but most of all use it.
