The Importance Of 24 Hours

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The Importance of 24 Hours


I have had important years, some fairly significant months and maybe a few notable weeks, but I can’t say I’ve had too many earth shattering days. It is only 24 hours after all. There is one particular day, however, that could probably be justified as important, maybe even the most important day for me: March 10th 1980.
I can honestly say I would not be the person I am today if not for that day and its events. Everything I would ever need was introduced to me that day. I met several people who would be there to support me in all my future ventures, successful or not. They would teach me many valuable strategies to make my goals attainable. I met a woman with a great knowledge of many useful skills and tricks she would happily share with me. There was a girl, and she promised that day to guide me through the toughest times and to prepare me for when she could not be there. The man who was there would someday walk me up to the biggest decision of my life and give me and my decision to someone new. They make up a pretty good team.
It’s such a natural and basic thing that one’s birthday would not be the typical response to “What was the most important day of you life?” but it should be. That is the day when all your foundations are laid, whether they are good or bad, that is where our life will begin. And I was off to a pretty good start.
The first woman I met, my mother would some day teach me all the basics I would need to get me by in life. She would teach me to cook, clean, sew, pretty much just how to run a house. She would also explain to me all the other things a woman needs to know. She would be there from the very beginning to the very end.
My father’s role however would not be so big and would not come until later on in my life. He would be there to show me how to have fun, how to get into trouble and, hopefully, how to get out of trouble. Later on he would have b...