时间账户

Say there is a bank that credits your account each morning with RMB86, 400. Every evening, the bank deletes whatever remains of this sum that you failed to use during the day. It does not carry over any balance from day to day.

What would you do if you had such an account?

如果你有这么一个账户你会怎么做？

Draw out every cent, every day, of course!

当然是每天取出所有的钱。

Well, each of us has such an account. Its name is TIME.

每个人都有这样一个账户，账户名是时间。

Every morning, time credits you with 86, 400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to put to use. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.

每天早上，时间给你存入86400秒，每晚取消你没有利用的时间，不会自动转入第二天，也不允许透支。

Each day, time opens a new account for you. Each night, it burns whatever remains in the account. If you fail to use up all of the day’s deposits, you can’t keep them for tomorrow. Neither can you draw from what will be put in the next morning.

Time’s clock runs non-stop.

To realize the value of one year, ask the student who has failed to grade.

要体会到一年的价值，就去问一个留级的学生。

To realize the value of one month, ask the mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

要体会到一个月的价值，就去问一个早产的母亲。

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

To realize the value of one hour, ask two lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute, ask the traveler who has just missed his train.

To realize the value of one second, ask the motorist who has just avoided an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the athlete who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

要体会到千分之一秒的价值，就去问一个刚在奥林匹克运动会上获得银牌的运动员。

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you have 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!