The Value of Time
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 DAY, ask a daily wage laborer with 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 missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND, 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 a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That’s why it’s called the present!
Music © Author Unknown
November 3, 2014 @ 10:51 pm
Author unknown. Wisdom comes to us from our blessed Father with the asking. When we are blinded by worldly
goods and forge forward in our life without acknowledging his presence and including him in our daily activities,
we make mistakes and waste every second doing the wrong thing. If we start our task with even a few words to
God our Father keep him in our minds and hearts we will not waste any precious moments.
This author has God given wisdom to write such profound analytical words to describe time!
August 13, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
Every moment is precious and we truly need to use it to the best of our ability. Everyday we need to witness for OUR HEAVELY FATHER an reach out to others with HIS great love. It is so true that through my lifetime I certainly did miss using the banking of time some days. I feel blessed that GOD understands our weaknesses and continues to guide us and strengthen our faith.
March 7, 2013 @ 3:40 am
truly an eye-opener to everyone that TIME IS GOLD… and it will never come back….. no matter how u wanted it to be….. precious every time you have with your love ones and be happy…..
August 1, 2012 @ 5:07 pm
Thoughtful and thought provoking! Every second counts, so let’s make good use of time.
What a privilege to use our time to do God’s will as we are alive. The master of time himself will reward us in due time.
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
July 29, 2012 @ 12:52 pm
Enjoy each day to the fullest. Life is so much shorter then we think.
May 7, 2009 @ 8:32 am
I did appreciate all that is written there, it draws back my attention that everyday is a plus. So live one day at a time and treasure every second, minute and hour been spent.
April 10, 2009 @ 10:50 am
Have you a minute for a kiss? Let’s enjoy it together! Love you so much! Tereza!
April 6, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
well, for a moment i stopped while reading this poem, so sweet and yet touching, it brought back a lot and i could help it but let tears roll. From today i promise to value time more than ever. There is all truth in time management.
April 6, 2009 @ 7:14 am
TIME IS NOT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED ITS PRECIOUS,TIME HAS NO REVERSE GEAR. “I WISH I KNEW”, ALWAYS COMES AFTERWARDS. LETS ALL USE TIME WELL AND WE WILL NEVER REGRET.
April 5, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
so so true..i try so very hard to live every day as though it were my last for u never know if it will be .having a son in the Army and having served in Iraq and gotten hurt (hes oky now thank GOD) it REALLY brings home the TRUE meaning of TIME and how precious it truely is
April 5, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
WHAT A GREAT START TO MY “””DAY “””I8,LL TRY TO MAKE GOOD USE OF EVERY MOMMENT
April 4, 2009 @ 11:17 am
This is very APT and very TRUE but how many of realise that Time Waits for No One.
The TRUTH! We have to wait for TIME, and remember that We Can Never KILL TIME rather We Get KILLED BY TIME.
April 4, 2009 @ 10:23 am
NO TIME DONT STAND STILL AND WE REP THE SEEDS WE SEW IN DUE TIME SO ITS ALWAYS BEST NOT TO TRY AND DO PEOPLE WRONG ITS A TIME UNDER THE SUN FOR EVERYTHING THIS DO COME BACK TO US GOOD DEEDS ARE BAD GOD IS JUST AND FAIR HE HAS NO FAVORITS THATS WHY I ALWAYS FORGIVE MY FOES AND EMENY AN THOSE WHO HATE ME ANDDO WRONG TO ME NO REASON GOD IS IN CONTROL MAY GOD SHOW MERCY
LOVE BLESSING TO ALL
April 4, 2009 @ 5:05 am
AWESOME very powerful yes it brought tears to my eyes also. Time does not stand still. The music is just right for this. The author of this poem I give a thumbs up.
April 4, 2009 @ 2:44 am
This brought tears to my eyes… Truly uplifting.
April 3, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
This has made me realize how valuable time is!
April 3, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
This is beautiful! i sent it on to my cyber friends..thank you
April 3, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
this is a very touching and truthful reading.One of the best yet.
April 3, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
This is lovely,uplifting and true.The earlier we realise this the harder we will ultilise time..God bless