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Excerpt from "Thoughts to Live By"

How many minutes are there in an hour? As many as we want to put
onto it. We are responsible for the continual, unceasing flow of
minutes that make the hour. That makes us what we are. When we
have a goal every day, every minute counts. When we have no goal,
when we are lazy, every minute flies away uselessly.

I know a doctor who wanted to be a plastic surgeon. He wanted me to
do surgery one morning at 1 A.M., was fascinated, and wanted to be
my pupil. I agreed to teach him. He came once, twice, and suddenly
didn't appear. A few days later he came to my office and explained
that he had overslept. He asked if I operated in the afternoon. I
told him that I always operate in the morning at the hospital
because it is best for the patient psychologically. He never took the
course. He couldn't get up early enough.

We are all made of assets and liabilities. When we have a goal, we
make time. When we are indolent, when we procrastinate, we lose
[recious time with fear, unbelief, uncertainty, and loneliness,
because these thieves take us away from creative living and
happiness.

There are twenty-four hours or fourteen hundred and forty minutes
in a day. When we have a goal each day, every hour means a day of
adventure; we make every minute count. When we are lazy, we can't
find enough time in an hour. It's like a day wasted. There are
fourteen and forty useful minutes in a day. If we use these minutes
to advantage, we are on the road to successful living and
happiness.

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"Time will not, even if you delay --
There's no rewinding, there's no replay."

PRAYER
"O merciful God, fill our hearts, we pray, with the graces of your Holy Spirit; with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be the children of your love, our Father, who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. In adversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperity keep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips; may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world, and thirst after heavenly things; through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109)

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