To Realize...

To realize the value of a millisecond, ask the swimmer that got a silver medal

To realize the value of a second, ask the runner that lost his right to a trophy

To realize the value of a minute, ask the person that missed the train to work

To realize the value of five minutes, ask the person who was fired because he is late to work

To realize the value of an hour, ask the soul condemned to hell

To realize the value of a day, ask the person who is lying on his deathbed

To realize the value of a week, ask the editor of a weekly publication

To realize the value of a month, ask the premature child that grew up autistic

To realize the value of nine months, ask the mother of a stillborn

To realize the value of a year, ask the student who failed a grade

To realize the value of seventy years, ask the seniors that are still madly in love

To realize the value of your life, get in an accident

Time waits for no one, but all we can do is wait for time to pass.

Time is the bank that we draw every precious second from.

It grants us a limitless amount of money, but at the end of every day...

Time erases every second that you wasted

To realize the value of your parents, lose them

To realize the value of a word, let loose a hurtful one

To realize the value of a friend, lose one

To realize the value of a mentor, try to lose your memory

To realize the value of an enemy, befriend one

We cannot surmise how wonderful something is until we lose it

We cannot fathom how deep something is until we test it

We cannot find the answers to life without asking

We cannot live without learning how to die

The long and short of it is, lose something to find out how lovely it is

No one seems to know who the original author is. This work is based off of his/her work, but has, nevertheless, been built upon, and, in my opinion, improved.