I
received this via email from a friend. The author is not known. It was found in the billfold of coach Paul Bear
Bryant of Alabama after he died in 1982.
Imagine
that you had won the following “PRIZE” in a contest: Each morning your bank
would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules:
The
set of rules:
1.
Everything
that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2.
You
may not simply transfer money into some other account.
3.
You
may only spend it.
4.
Each
morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for
that day.
5.
The
bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, “Game
Over!" It can close the account and
you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You
would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but
for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don't know,
because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right?
You
would try to spend every penny, and use it all, because you knew it would be
replenished in the morning, right?
Actually, this game is real…
Shocked
? YES!
Each
of us is already a winner of this “PRIZE.”
We just can't seem to see it.
The
prize is “TIME.”
1.
Each
morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life.
2.
And
when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us.
3.
What
we haven't used up that day is forever lost.
4.
Yesterday
is forever gone.
5.
Each
morning the account is refilled, but the “bank” can dissolve your account at
any time without warning.
So,
what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those
seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it,
and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much
quicker than you think.
So
take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!
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