Monday, July 31, 2006

Realizations

To realize
the value of ten years:
Ask a newly
divorced couple.

To realize
the value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
the value of one year:
Ask a student who
has failed a final exam.

To realize
the value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

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 hour:
Ask lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize
the value of one minute:
Ask a person
who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize
the value of one-second:
Ask a person
who has survived an accident.

To realize
the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person
who has won a silver medal in the Olympics

Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.

To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.