How to Live on 24-Hours a Day - Arnold Bennett
1. The Daily Miracle : a). You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious possession. b). And observe - no one can take it from you. It is unstealable and no one receives either more or less than you receive. Genius is never rewarded by an extra hour a day and there is no punishment for misuse. c). You can only waste the passing moment. You cannot waste tomorrow; it is kept for you. You cannot waste the next hour: it is kept for you. d). We never shall have more time. We have and we have always had, all the time there is. It is the realisation of the profound and neglected truth. 2. The Desire to Exceed One's Agenda : Until an effort is made to satisfy that wish, the sense of uneasy waiting for something to start which has not started will remain to disturb the peace of soul. That wish has been called by ma...