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Magnarc


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THE MAGIC

BANK ACCOUNT

  

THE AUTHOR IS

NOT KNOWN. IT WAS FOUND IN

THE BILLFOLD OF COACH PAUL

BEAR BRYANT, ALABAMA,

AFTER HE DIED IN 1982  

The Magic Bank

Account  

Imagine that you had won the

following *PRIZE* in a contest:

Each morning your bank would

deposit $86,400

in your private account for your use.

However, this prize has rules:  

The set of  rules:                                

1. Everything that you didn't

spend during each day would

be taken away from you.  

2. You may not simply transfer

money into some other account.  

3. You may only spend

it.  

4. Each morning upon awakening,

the bank opens your account with

another $86,400 for that day.  

5. The bank can end the game

without warning; at any time it

can say,Game Over!" It can close

the account and you will not receive a new one.                                

                               

  What would you personally do?  

You would buy anything and

everything you wanted right? Not

only for yourself, but for all the people you

love and care for. Even for people you don't

know, because you couldn't

possibly spend it all on yourself, right?  

You would try to spend every

penny, and use it all, because you knew

it would be replenished in the morning, right?  

ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL  

...                         

Shocked ???

YES!  

Each of us is already a winner

of this *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it.  

The PRIZE is

*TIME*  

1. Each morning we awaken to

receive 86,400 seconds    as a gift of

life.  

2. And when we go to sleep at

night, any remaining time is Not

credited to us.  

3. What we haven't used up that

day is forever lost.  

4. Yesterday is forever

gone.  

5. Each morning the account is

refilled, but the bank can dissolve

your account at any time WITHOUT

WARNING...  

SO, what will YOU do with your

86,400 seconds?  

Those seconds are worth so much

more than the same amount in dollars.

Think about it and remember to

enjoy every second of your life, because time

races by so much quicker than you think.  

So take care of yourself, be

happy, love deeply and enjoy life!  

Here's wishing you a wonderful

and beautiful day. Start spending....  

"DONT COMPLAIN

ABOUT GROWING OLD!"  

SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THE

PRIVILEGE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MAGIC

BANK ACCOUNT

  

THE AUTHOR IS

NOT KNOWN. IT WAS FOUND IN

THE BILLFOLD OF COACH PAUL

BEAR BRYANT, ALABAMA,

AFTER HE DIED IN 1982  

The Magic Bank

Account  

Imagine that you had won the

following *PRIZE* in a contest:

Each morning your bank would

deposit $86,400

in your private account for your use.

However, this prize has rules:  

The set of  rules:                                

1. Everything that you didn't

spend during each day would

be taken away from you.  

2. You may not simply transfer

money into some other account.  

3. You may only spend

it.  

4. Each morning upon awakening,

the bank opens your account with

another $86,400 for that day.  

5. The bank can end the game

without warning; at any time it

can say,Game Over!" It can close

the account and you will not receive a new one.                                

                               

  What would you personally do?  

You would buy anything and

everything you wanted right? Not

only for yourself, but for all the people you

love and care for. Even for people you don't

know, because you couldn't

possibly spend it all on yourself, right?  

You would try to spend every

penny, and use it all, because you knew

it would be replenished in the morning, right?  

ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL  

...                         

Shocked ???

YES!  

Each of us is already a winner

of this *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it.  

The PRIZE is

*TIME*  

1. Each morning we awaken to

receive 86,400 seconds    as a gift of

life.  

2. And when we go to sleep at

night, any remaining time is Not

credited to us.  

3. What we haven't used up that

day is forever lost.  

4. Yesterday is forever

gone.  

5. Each morning the account is

refilled, but the bank can dissolve

your account at any time WITHOUT

WARNING...  

SO, what will YOU do with your

86,400 seconds?  

Those seconds are worth so much

more than the same amount in dollars.

Think about it and remember to

enjoy every second of your life, because time

races by so much quicker than you think.  

So take care of yourself, be

happy, love deeply and enjoy life!  

Here's wishing you a wonderful

and beautiful day. Start spending....  

"DONT COMPLAIN

ABOUT GROWING OLD!"  

SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THE

PRIVILEGE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Dougwe


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Very true Phil. I don't complain about getting old, instead I usually blame Uncle Al for the silly things I do or forget. It's all his fault anyway.

What will I do today. Family stuff, taking daughter to hospital for tests and picking kids up etc. Any time to myself started by getting blood tests taken first thing this morning. There will not be much more 'my' time left for today. Tomorrow will see me heading off on a day trip so that will use up most of tomorrows allotted time, providing it is not "disolved without warning" in the mean time.

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Magnarc


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Good on yer Doug, we have to keep going.

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Those who wish to reap the blessings of freedom must, as men, endure the fatigue of defending it.

Thomas Paine.

 
goldfinger


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Good one Phil....a few more of life's 'trueisms'......

Advice is what we ask for, when we already know the answer,...and wish we didn't.....

I trust everybody....but insist on shuffling the cards....

If at first you don't succeed,.....destroy all evidence that you tried....and never ever suffer in silence...

Always knock firmly, but softly.......the World needs soft, firm knockers......lol...


Hoo Roo

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 'The secret of happiness is not in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less'.Socrates BC399.

 

'Be a Cheerful Nomad, not a Grumpy Gromad, it's the Surly Bird who catches the Germ'!

 

Without Going, You Get Nowhere.......

 
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