[I found this doc in a folder dur­ing rou­tine clean-up ear­lier tonight. I always knew it was true; but it's so eerily true now.…]

To real­ize the value of ten years:
Ask a newly divorced couple.

To real­ize the value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To real­ize the value of one year:
Ask a stu­dent who has failed a final exam.

To real­ize the value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To real­ize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a pre­ma­ture baby.

To real­ize the value of one week:
Ask an edi­tor of a weekly newspaper.

To real­ize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers that are wait­ing to meet.

To real­ize the value of one minute:
Ask a per­son who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To real­ize the value of one-second:
Ask a per­son who has sur­vived an accident.

To real­ize the value of one mil­lisec­ond:
Ask the per­son who has won a sil­ver medal in the Olympics.

To real­ize the value of a friend:
Lose one.