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One hour of aimless wandering.........

Just how long is an hour? If you were to ask me I would say it's long, really long If you don't believe me, just try one hour of aimless wandering The other day I just did that, skipped church and kept wandering. Not the one to do so, am still wondering why I did what I did. The prayer service at the church normally takes an hour and so the moment I decided to skip it, I had an hour at my disposal and so began my hour of aimless wandering. Five minutes into it and I didn't quite know what to do with the time I had on hand. All of a sudden the clock seemed to just drag. Every now and then I would keep looking at it only to realise it had added just another minute It was then that I realised that I always had, have, and will have time in abundance but never quite realized it. It's then I went back to the beautiful poem on Value of Time which I am reproducing here and I am sure we all will realize at some point or other the "Value of Time" before its too late, for the problem with time is that everybody has it but nobody realizes it. 

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 a person who missed the train 
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a 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 for 

Yesterday is history Tomorrow is mystery Today is a gift That's why it's called the present!!
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