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Hours Left to go

December 12, 2009
By ZeroVa SILVER, Milpitas, California
ZeroVa SILVER, Milpitas, California
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The average American lifespan is about 63 years, or 639,480 hours.
I'm about 14, so I've got 516,840 hours left.
See? Our days are numbered.

In this world, it is so easy to dream,
So easy to think,
So easy to imagine.

But, then, why is it so hard to do anything?
Say anything?
Accomplish anything?

If the average American lifespan is 639,480 hours, where does it all go?
Time isn't like money;
Money can be printed, created,
Time cannot.
You can never relive anything, not a single millisecond.

So why do we waste so much time?

Dreams.
They are given to you for a reason:
To inspire!
To spark imagination!
to make you want to accomplish something!

But it seems we would rather dream on, rather than do anything...
Think of what to say...
Imagine where we could go...
Dream of what we could do...
When all along, we could have done anything- and everything.

Dead words will give you NOTHING but artificial hope.
Empty dream will give you NOTHING but unfulfilled ambitions.

So...

Don't just think of what to say; say it!
Don't just imagine what you can do; accomplish it!
Don't just dream of where you could be; get there!

Because...

If the average American lifespan is 639,480 hours,
we have to make
every hour-
every minute-
every SECOND-
count.



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