To Realize True Value ...

To Realize True Value, Look Within

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we did get sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.” ~Buddha

To Realize

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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
has failed a final exam.

To realize the value
of nine months:
ask a mother who
gave birth to a stillborn baby.

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 minute:
ask a person
who has missed a 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 life:
visit the Vietnam 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 you have.
You will treasure it even more when
you share it with someone special.


The origin of this poem is unknown, but its value is priceless.



“A writer soon learns that easy to read is hard to write.” ~CJ Heck