"How," asked a man of Sir Walter Raleigh, "do you accomplish so much and in so short a time?" "When I have anything do, I go and do it," was the reply. The man who always acts promptly, even if he makes occasional mistakes, will succeed when a procrastinator will fail—even if he have the better judgment.
When asked how he got through so much work, Lord Chesterfield replied: "Because I never put off till morrow what I can do to-day."
Have you been struggling with finding time to exercise? Do you ever feel tempted to skip today's workout - because you just don't have time? Its OK to be a little selfish. Take the time to improve your body and your life!
Dewitt, pensionary of Holland, answered the same question: "Nothing is more easy; never do but one thing at a time, and never put off until to-morrow what can be done to-day."
"You will never find time for anything," said Charles Buxton; "if you want time you must make it."
The best work we ever do is that which we do now, and can never repeat. "Too late," is the curse of the unsuccessful, who forget that "one to-day is worth two to-morrows."
Time accepts no sacrifice; it admits of neither redemption nor atonement. It is the true avenger. Your enemy may become your friend, your injurer may do you justice, but Time is inexorable, and has no mercy.
Make a little time for yourself every day. Write it in your planner - and keep that appointment wit yourself! If you want a better life - filled with more energy and better health - make some time for healthy habits. Get some exercise - however you like - every day!
Then stay the present instant, dear Horatio:
Imprint the marks of wisdom on its wings. 'Tis of more worth than kingdoms! far more precious Than all the crimson treasures of life's fountain. O! let it not elude thy grasp; but, like The good old patriarch upon record, Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee. —Nathaniel Cotton.
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