"To Realize the Value Of Time"

(Author Unknown)

To Realize the Value
[Author Unknown]

To realize the value
of a sister or brother:
ask someone
who doesn't have either.

To realize the value
of a mother and father:
ask an orphan.

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
failed a final exam.

To realize the value
of nine months:
ask a mother who
birthed a stillborn.

To realize the value
of one month:
ask a mother who
birthed a preemie.

To realize the value
of one week:
ask an editor of
a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value
of one day:
ask someone born in Leap Year.

To Realize the Value
of one hour:
forget to turn your clock back
in Daylight Savings Time.

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

To realize the value
of one-second:
ask an athlete
who had to settle for a Silver Medal.

To realize the value
of one life:
visit the Vietnam Memorial Wall in DC

To realize the value
of a friend:
lose one.

To realize the value
of a family member:
visit Ground Zero
in New York City

Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment
with someone you love.

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