The document discusses realizing the value of different increments of time by asking people in certain situations. It suggests asking a divorced couple to understand the value of 10 years, a university graduate for 4 years, a failed exam student for 1 year, a mother of a stillborn for 9 months, a premature baby's mother for 1 month, a weekly newspaper editor for 1 week, lovers waiting to meet for 1 hour, family of someone who suffered brain death for 5 minutes, someone who missed a train/bus/plane for 1 minute, an accident survivor for 1 second, and an Olympic silver medalist for 1 millisecond. It concludes that time waits for no one and to treasure every moment.

1. THE VALUE OF TIME
BY MYERS LIBINGI
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2. To realise the value of ten years:
•Ask a newly Divorced couple
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3. To realise the value of four years:
•Ask a university graduate
To realise the value of one year:
• Ask a student who has failed the final exam
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4. To realise the value nine
months:
•Ask a mother who gave birth to a still
born
To realise the value of one month:
•Ask a mother who has given birth to a
premature baby
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5. To realise the value of one week:
•Ask an editor to the weekly newspaper
To realise the value of one hour:
•Ask lovers who are waiting to meet.
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6. To realise the value of 5 minutes
•Ask the wife, husband, children or
siblings of the person who has suffered
brain death due to an airway
obstruction
To realise the value of one minute:
•Ask a person who has missed the train,
bus or plane
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7. To realise the value of one second
•Ask a person who has survived an accident
To realise the value of one millisecond:
Ask a person who has won a silver medal in the
Olympics
Time waits for no one, treasure every moment
you have
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