"Can sand flow upward in the hour glass? Will the sun rise where it sets and set where it rises? Can I relive the errors of yesterday and right them? Can I call back yesterday's wounds and make them whole? Can I become younger than yesterday? Can I take back the evil that was spoken, the blows that were struck, the pain that was caused? NO. Yesterday is buried forever and I will think of it no more.This day is all I have and these hours are now my eternity.I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death.I lift mine arms with thanks for this priceless gift of a new day.So too, I will beat upon my heart with gratitude as I consider all who greeted yesterday's sunrise who are no longer with the living, today.I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time.When I waste one, I destroy the other.If I waste today, I destroy the last page of my life.Therefore, each hour of this day will I cherish for it can never return.It cannot be banked today to be withdrawn on the morrow, for who can trap the wind?? Each minute of this day will I grasp with both hands and fondle with love for its value is beyond price.I am a man of love and today is my last chance to prove my love and greatness.And if it is my last, it will be my greatest monument. This day I will make the best day of my life.This day, I will drink every minute full.I will savor its taste and give thanks. I will make every hour count and each minute will I trade only for something of value. I will labour hard than ever before and push my muscles until they cry for relief, and then I will continue.I will make more calls than ever before.I will sell more goods than ever before.I will earn more gold than ever before.Each minute of today will be fruitful than hours of yesterday.My last must be my best.I will live this day as if it is my last.And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks."
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." Benjamin Disraeli
"Our aspirations are our possibilities". Robert Browning
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