Realize The Value Of Time (時間的價值)

Imagine there is a bank which credits your account each morning with
$86,400, 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. It's 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 records 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 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 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, time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

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想像有這麼一家銀行，每天早上在你的帳戶裡存入八萬六千四百元。
每天都沒有留下餘額，無法讓你保留現金。每天晚上，你沒有花掉的部份，都一筆勾銷。
你會怎麼做？當然是把每一分錢都提領到手。
嗯，每個人都有這麼一家銀行，它的名字是時間。每天早上，它給你八萬六千四百秒。每天晚上，即使你沒有利用，也一筆勾銷。沒有餘額可以帶走，也無法透支，如果你沒有好好利用存款，那是你的損失。無法回到過去，無法留到明天提領，你必須活在當下，善用今天的存款。
要了解一年的價值，問問期末考沒好考的學生。
要了解一個月的價值，問問早產的媽媽。
要了解一週的價值，問問週刊的編輯。
要了解一小時的價值，問問等待見面的情人。
要了解一分鐘的價值，問問錯過火車、巴士、或是飛機的人。
要了解一毫秒的價值，問問獲得奧運銀牌的選手。
珍惜你所擁有的每一刻，如果你能跟一個特別的人在一起分享，那就更要珍惜。
記住，時間不會等待任何人。
昨天是歷史，
明天是個謎，
今天是個禮物，
因此，今天才叫present。