What a difference a day makes!

Yesterday was wet and grey; the day before was wet, very cold and dark grey; and now today we've got the sunshine once more! What a difference a day makes! Dinah Washington sang a song with that title and the opening lines were:

What a difference a day makes,

Twenty-four little hours

Brought the sun and the flowers

Where there used to be rain.

Thinking of this made me recall that great little piece on the value of time, so in case you've either never heard it or have, but have forgotten it, here it is.

To Realize The Value of Time...

To realize the value of one year:

Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

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 the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute:

Ask the 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.

You will treasure it even more when you share it with someone special.

Anonymous

Time may well be a luxury in this busy world that we live in, but it's a luxury that none of us can do without! The BIG SECRET is to plan your day in advance as much as possible, and that way you should find that it's easier to manage the time that you have. DON'T waste time on needless things! Aimlessly surfing the net or sending text messages because you're bored is a poor use of time, so DON'T DO IT! For every way that you find wastes time you can find another way that makes valuable use of it. Spend QUALITY time with the people you love and less time with the people you don't need to be with. And, more than anything, realise that sometimes it is really beneficial to simply STAND & STARE!

DO spend a little time in the day to realise just how important you are to others and especially to yourself. The more you learn to love yourself then the more you are able to love others. YOU ARE SPECIAL! All you need to do is to realise it.