Travelin' Things

I love to travel, especially by train. Very relaxing, lots of time to read and listen to music. The trip to Gothenburg takes about twelve hours, so I might even finish that book I bought the other day. Better buy a magazine as well.

As I walk around here preparing for my holiday, I suddenly remembered something stupid I did last time taking the train. I was going to catch the first train in the morning, and knew I had to get up real early in order to reach the train in time. I had no one to drive me so I had to take the bus. I hate the anxiety of not reaching something, so I planned everything meticulously, and as I don't trust our bus company that much, I probably added another 15 minutes just to be sure. There's one train coming in from Oslo in the morning, and then there's another one returning an hour later. But stupid me, I guess I was thinking too hard, and as result I switched the two trains in my mind and arrived to the station an hour and a half before I had to! It was a cold October morning, and everything was closed.

I'm not doing that mistake again, first of all I'm not taking the earliest train, and secondly I'm not that stupid twice... Better check the ticket again. Yes, 10.28. Another good thing about taking that train is that I don't have to spend 2 or 3 hours at Oslo S, which really is a boring place.

And now one of all these things that travels around the net...

The Bank Account Of Life

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account
Each morning with $86,400.
It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every “evening” deletes whatever part of the
Balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course !!!

Each of us has such a “bank”
It’s name is TIME.
Every morning,
It credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost,
Whatever of this you have failed to
Invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance,
It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day’s deposits,
The loss is yours

There is no going back.
There is no drawing against the “tomorrow.”
You must live in the present
on today’s deposits.
Invest it so as to get
from it the utmost in
health, happiness,
and success!
The clock is running.
Make the most of today.

To realize the value of ONE YEAR …
ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH …
ask a mother who gave birth
to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK …
ask the 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 missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND …
ask the person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND …
ask the person who won a silver medal
in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have!
And treasure it more because you
Shared it with someone special,
Special enough to spend your time.
And remember that time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.
That’s why it’s called
… The Present!!