MakeEveryMomentCount

　　Onenight,Icomplainedtomymomaboutthelackoftime.Finallyshesaid,”youareshortoftimejustbecauseyouwastepreciousminutesoncomplaintsandanxiety.Thepointis,nomatterhowfullyourscheduleis,ifyoutryreallyhard,youcanalwaysfitinsomethingmore.”

　　Itisthesamewithfillingthejar.Evenifyouplaceadozenfist-sizedrocksandabucketofgravelintothejar,thereisstillspaceforsandandwaterbetweentherocksandgravel.

　　Thelackoftimeisjusttheexcuseformynegligenceofeverysingleminute.Ibelievethatthegreatdividinglinebetweensuccessandfailurecanbeexpressedinsixwords,”Ididnothaveenoughtime.”ThefactisIdohaveexactlythesamenumberofhoursperdaythatweregiventoHelenKeller,Pasteur,ThomasJefferson,andAlbertEinstein.ThepointisIhavenevertouchedupontherealmeaningoflifewhichliesinsnatching,seizingandenjoyingeveryminuteofit.Noidleness,nodelay,noprocrastination,nocomplaint!Itisduringmymomentsofcomplainingorhesitationthatmydestinyisshaped.OnceImakefulluseofeverymoment,Ibelievethat,myworrieswillbegraduallycutdowntonothing.

　　Timeisthemostvaluableofallourpossessions,butthemostperishableaswell.AsHenryDavidThoreausaid,”Youmustliveinthepresent,launchyourselfoneverywave,findyoureternityineachmoment.”

　　WheneverIfellthelackoftimeinthefuture,Iwilltellmyself”Carpediem,seizetheday,makeeverymomentcount.”

　　抓住每分每秒

　　有天晚上,我向妈妈抱怨自己事情太多,时间不够.她说道：“你抱怨没有时间就是因为你把珍贵的分分秒秒都浪费在抱怨和焦虑上.关键是,无论你的时间表排得多满,如果你真的努力尝试了,你还是总能间插地做些事情.”

　　这同填充广口瓶是一个道理,即使你将一小堆拳头大小的石块和一桶碎石倒进瓶里,也还能继续倒入沙子和水,使其漏进石块的间隙中去.

　　“没时间”无异于我为自己浪费分分秒秒找的托词罢了.我相信成功与失败的一线之差可以用六个字来形容：“我没足够时间.”然而事实上,我却与海伦．凯勒,帕斯特,杰弗逊和爱因斯坦每天所拥有的时间分秒不差.关键是我并未触及生命的真谛：抓住,享受生命的每一分钟.不要碌碌无为,不要耽搁推迟,不要牢骚抱怨!往往是在我抱怨和迟疑的时候,我的命运就被决定了.而一旦我能善用分分秒秒,我相信我的烦恼也会被逐渐瓦解.

　　在我们所拥有的财富中,时间是最珍贵而又最不持久的.正如梭罗所说的那样：“你得抓住现在,把握机会,在短暂的瞬间中寻找永恒.”

　　如果将来我再发觉没时间的时候,我会告诫自己,“carpediem(拉丁语),抓住今天,抓住每分每秒.”