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In a message dated 98-04-16 03:28:26 EDT, you write: > > I think this was written for us! > > ----------------------------------------- > > Imagine there is a bank which credits your account each morning with $86,400. > 00! 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 fails 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 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 is a mystery, Today is a gift, that's why > they call it the present! > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Greetings! > > Keep praying for a cure! > > Nicolaas Marais 46,4 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > >