M.

Abdessalami

There are at least three things in life that have to be carefully

dealt with because once they are gone off, they cannot be recuperated or
remediated. I’m referring here to the time when it is lost, the words
when they are spoken, and the opportunities when they are missed.

Let’s start with the lost time. Time is man’s terrifying

adversary number one. It is pitiless. Once you waste it, you can never
find it again. For most people, time is not precious until they lose it. Can
you imagine the amount of time people waste every single day?! They
have to feel regret after it is gone because they know they’ll never have it
back. However they never learn, they make the same mistake again and
over again. It is a part of their life which has been spared for nothing.
Those who value time, they do their utmost to keep busy thinking and
exploiting every moment the maximum. They firmly believe that “There
are only two times in life, ‘Now’ and ‘Too Late’”

The second is the spoken words. You need to watch your words
closely. Once you say something, it is impossible to unsay it. It is always
too late to undo once the word goes out of the mouth. It is just like the
bullet; nothing can stop it, and nobody can imagine the damage it can
cause. You have to think before you talk since what you say can be fatal
for the others or for yourselves. Therefore, you speak only when you
choose your words carefully lest they should hurt, or make a jerk of you.
If you don’t want to keep apologizing all the time, be the master of the
words by not pronouncing them until you make sure they are harmless
and maybe wise as well. Don’t forget that the wounds that some words
cause last forever, and are never healed.

The third one is the missed opportunity. Good opportunities

seldom knock at your door, so you have to keep quiet and listen
carefully. Maybe one day a roving good opportunity knocks at your door,
then you shall be ready to seize it straight away otherwise, you’ll regret it
for the rest of your life. Those precious occasions are not frequent just
like luck. “Take full of every opportunity that comes your way” as Milka
Duno said. Never miss it. If you keep missing opportunities, it is
obviously your fault; that’s why life is a series of random chances which
have to be seized and well exploited. Once they are missed, those
opportunities are lost forever.

To sum up, your life is made of beautiful things that you can
easily and unintentionally ruin. So if you want to avoid this, you have to
be dutiful with time by not to wasting it, and you have to watch your
mouth for fear you should destroy your social life with stupid
unnecessary comments or words, and finally you have to be vigilant to
grasp the rarely presented opportunities before they are gone forever.