| What's more valuable than gold? Platinum, you | | | | given a fat check at the time of our birth for a |
| might answer. Okay, so what's more valuable | | | | large amount of time. What do the majority of |
| than platinum? Diamonds, someone might say. | | | | people do with this check?... You got it!!... They |
| Okay, so what's more valuable than diamonds? | | | | waste it on self-depreciating things. Maybe they |
| ....(getting no response)...The answer is time. Time | | | | eat unhealthily. Maybe they smoke. Maybe they |
| is the most valuable thing we can ever own and | | | | do reckless things. Whatever the case may be, |
| ironically, it's the one thing that every one of us | | | | too many people I know waste this precious |
| possesses about the equal amount of, regardless | | | | asset and at the end of their life they have |
| of social class. Time is one thing that is finite in | | | | nothing to show for their time here on this earth. |
| our lives. Not even the wealthiest person around | | | | "So what will they write on your tombstone?" |
| can get more time. Until advancements in genetic | | | | Now this might sound a bit depressing, but it really |
| engineering or future medical technology enable us | | | | drives the point home. If you died today, would |
| to cheat nature, I'll stick to my guns and say that | | | | people be able to write something unique, |
| we can never get more time than we are fated | | | | creative, and inspirational on your tombstone, or |
| here. | | | | would you get the "canned" generic tombstone |
| Time is finite and I liken it to receiving a lottery | | | | engraving? |
| check for a million dollars. "Whoo-Hoo," you might | | | | You have the ability to achieve some amazing |
| say and start buying all the material possessions | | | | things no matter how old you are. The key is not |
| of you've been dreaming about. First, you quit | | | | to just make goals and think up great dreams for |
| your job and you buy a new house. Then you | | | | yourself, but to put those goals and dreams into |
| buy a vacation home in Hawaii. Then you buy a | | | | action. Action is the other part of dreaming that |
| new Italian Sport scar. Then you pay off the debt | | | | brings it from the fantasy world and grounds it |
| of all your family and friends. Then you go to | | | | into reality. |
| Vegas high-roller style. Then you....(you get the | | | | Remember that by the end of today, think back |
| picture). Pretty soon you find out that the money | | | | at what you spent your day doing and realize that |
| is all gone; the debt is piling up again, and you end | | | | this day will be gone forever and only the |
| up crawling back to your old boss to ask for your | | | | memories of what you achieved during this day |
| old job again. Time is the same way. We are | | | | will remain your legacy. |