Perhaps we are aware of the saying "What is the longest, yet the shortest; the swiftest, yet the slowest; all of us neglect it, and then we all regret it? nothing can be done without it, it swallows up all that is small and it builds up that is great"
It is time.
It is the longest because it is the measured eternity; it is the shortest because none of us have time to finish life's work; it is the swiftest to those that are happy, slowest to those who suffer. Nothing can be done without it because it is the only theater in which we live. Time is what life is made of! It swallows up into oblivion all that is unworthy of posterity, and it builds and preserves all that is great and unselfish.
Every morning when we wake up, our pocketbook is filled with twenty-four hours.
The Prophet (SAW) tells us that:
Not a single dawn breaks out without two angels calling out: "Oh Son of Adam, I am a new day and I witness your actions, so make the best out of me because I will never come back till the Day of Judgment".
Each day must be filled with things to be proud of. Unless we are ready to start right now, regardless of our good intentions, this time tomorrow, this time next week, this time ten years from now we shall be bogged down.
