" A lesson finds the common denominator

and links us all together, like a chain.

At the end of that chain dangles a clock,

and on the face of the clock the passing of time is registered.

We hear it, the hushed tick-tock sound that breaks any silence,

and we see it, but often we don't feel it.

Each second makes its mark on every single person's life;

comes and then goes...

...Enough time leaves us warm;

when our time is gone, it too leaves us cold.

Time is more precious than gold,

more precious than diamonds,

more precious than oil or any valuable treasures.

It is time that we do not have enough of;

it is time that causes the war within our hearts,

and so we must spend it wisely...

But it can be shared. "

-- Cecelia Ahern's "The Gift"

Brilliant, isn't it? Those words.

Cecelia Ahern's books are like textbooks on life.

An addictive-fun-to-read textbook, at it.

How often do we say "time is precious" and "time is money".

But have we used time wisely?

Do we embrace and make full use of the things we have and appreciate the people around us?

Or do we waste time chasing things and waiting for people we know we can't have?

Every millisecond counts. It cannot be exchanged.

I, for one, admit the many many seconds I've wasted.
Just waiting. And wasting.
The later(s) and the maybe(s).

Tick tock tick tock.