I love it when our Betty Brewer’s
Angels volunteers send me inspirational articles they have found. Thank you to volunteer Peggy Shields who sent
this one to me. The story is told that the author is not known and that 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.
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!
On June 18th, we honored our
volunteers at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. It is my favorite event of the year because
we are able to honor our special
volunteers who spend part of their magic bank account with the resident they have picked to have a one-on-one visit with
each week.
(From visiting every week such special
friendships develop between the volunteer and the resident that we only have
women volunteer with women and men with men.)
I
encourage you to spend some of your special bank account volunteering, with us
or any other organization. How are you spending your 86,400 seconds today?
If
interested in becoming a Betty Brewer’s Angels volunteer, please contact me
either by email www.bettybrewersangels@wowway.com or
call me 614-309-4677. I would love to answer your questions!
