FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The Present
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.
What would you do? Draw out every cent, OF COURSE!!!
Each 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 Hour, ask 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 with.
And Remember that time waits for No One.
YESTERDAY IS HISTORY
TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY
TODAY IS A GIFT - that's why it's called "THE PRESENT" !!!
In Silence
"We need to find God & He cannot be found in noise & restlessness. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grow in silence; see the stars, the moon, and sun, how they move in silence....The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. We need silence to be able to touch souls."
(Mother Teresa)
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- Somerset Maugham
"I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. "
- Ashleigh Brilliant
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- Ashleigh Brilliant
"Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed--there's so little competition."
- Elbert Hubbard
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"You've never heard an Englishman telling a woman, 'You look like a million pounds.' "
"Drinking doesn't drown your troubles, it simply irrigates them."
"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."
- Sam Levenson
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- William Arthur Ward
"Humble people don't think less of themselves--they just think about themselves less."
- Unknown
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- John Mason
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- Unknown
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- William Wharton
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- Unknown
"Temptation usually comes in through a door that has been deliberately left open."
- Arnold Glasow
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- Mother Teresa
"How can a two-pound box of candy make me gain five pounds?"
- Unknown
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"My past may be questionable, but my future is spotless."
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"Every adult needs a child to teach -- it's the way adults learn."
-Unknown
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- Carl Jung
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- Patricia Vance
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- Unknown
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- Paul Sweeney
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- Raymond Burr
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- Frank A. Clark
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- Author unknown
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- Francois Mauriac
"Age is not important unless you're a cheese."
- Helen Hayes
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- Unknown
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- David Viscott
"What should not be heard by little ears should not be said by big mouths."
"The problem with bucket seats in automobiles is that not everyone has the same size bucket."
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- Ashleigh Brilliant
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- Unknown
"Get out of my way! I'm in a hurry to go home and relax."
"If our lips we would keep from slips, five things observe with care. Of whom we speak, to whom we speak, and How and When, and Where."