VALUE YOUR TIME

N R I PARENTS ASSOCIASION , VADODARA

VALUE YOUR TIME



One should never say that he don’t have enough time. It’s not uncommon for most of them to really want to volunteer for doing social work and have conversation, they start thinking oh! My God, I have these many other commitments? How am I going to do that? I don’t have Time. One should know the great difference between success and failure is explained in five words ‘I did not have Time. This is only because we cannot see or feel passing of time. It’s just go on and on…We even say, how time flies?

However, everyday in the morning each and every human being in his BANK ACCOUNT in the name of TIME gets credit (allotment) With 86400 seconds i e 24 hours and it withdraws to zero balance at every night as lost or spent. There is no credit balance carried forward for next day. Each day it opens new account for you. Each night it finishes remains of the day. There is no going back. There is no drawing against tomorrow .Every individual Whether he is millionaire or beggar, is given TIME perfectly in equal amount by the GOD.i e 24 hours in a day. There is no partiality. But look at the difference in quality of both millionaire & beggar in spending / passing time.

Another thing is TIME is available at free of cost so we never take care of it. Moreover, anything freely available, we mean, no value for us. Remember if you don’t value your time, no one will .However, TIME has unique features which will explain its importance, value and peculiarity. They are

- Time cannot be manufactured
- Time cannot be purchased
- Time cannot be retrieved
- Time wasted is lost for ever
- Time cannot be created but time can create everything.


This is just an eye opener as how we have / are spending time. Only 10 years out of whole life is spent in making our own personality.

We have limited time at our disposal. An average person gets only 10 years of active life to make or unmake his/her carrier. Here we see How an average man / woman spends his/ her whole life. (We have taken an average of 75 years.)

Time spent to attain educational qualifications and start carrier. ……………………………… 25 years

Time spent in sleeping in the remaining 50 years (one third of our life) …………………………… 17 Years

Time wasted in routine activities like taking bath, getting ready for work, traveling from home
To office and back and for other social obligations ………………………………… . 12 years

Time of active life spent on Sundays and holidays ………………………………… 8 years

Time of active life wasted by illness ……………………………… 3 years

Total Time Spent ……………………………… 65 years

That leaves us with only 10 years of creative time in our entire life i e 87600 hours. Every hour of day and every minuite of it counts. The success in life depends upon time one saves and spend wisely.


Therefore, only effective users of time become successful and to use it effectively one has to have time (Spare time) .The time can be saved only If one knows how the actual time is spent. It is rightly said that ordinary people think of spending time whereas great people like us think of using it. It is always better to commit ourselves to give back the saved time to the society that has supported our growth and our success. It makes worthwhile and it’s a great way to start the day feeling like you have helped somebody / supported somebody.

We are luckey to have this unique family of NRIPA which aims at promoting not only fellowship but also mutual support to remove the feeling of isolation and provide a sense of security. Being NRI parents ‘we are looked upon as elite group of people who owe a lot to the society that has given us this privilege.

NRI Parents Association itself is a social movement, any type of contribution by way of time, money and active participation will be a contribution to the society. Please spare some time for its creative use .Please don’t look back for the golden years you have passed because your eyes are in front of yours and come forward, enrolled yourself as VOLENTEERS for the cause and benefit for each others and help ourselves in making our remaining life happy and comfortable since you must have heart in the activities of NRIPA and activities of NRIPA in your heart. This will strengthen by joining more hands involved in development of NRIPA family. I think by sparing 4 hours in a week will provide nearly 200 hours in a year for the benefit of NRIPA work by one person.

It will be better if you consider the following points before making your mind to involve yourself as VOLENTEER for work in NRIPA family for your own cause and benefit for each other.

- Research causes that are important to you
- Consider the skill you have to offer
- Volunteer as family
- Do not over commit yours
- Bring your heart , enthusiasm and sense of humor when you volunteer
- Consider giving back year around, not just at the holidays.
We should also keep aside enough time for adequate rest, sleep, exercise, social engagements and off course FUN.

If you have made up your mind heartily then join put your hands with each other for the following activities in the NRIPA family.

1. Provide your changed address, telephone no. , mobile no., email address for easy communication.
2. Participate in monthly meetings
3. If not attending monthly meeting or any programme at least inform accordingly to organizers for making comfortable arrangements
4. Find out sponsored for monthly meeting or ¾ members also can come forward for sponsoring monthly meeting with dinner.
5. Organize yourself with ¾ families weekly/fortnightly meetings for taking any responsibility of any activity of Association and create self help group within ourselves.
6. Take responsibility of monthly meeting work of booking Venue and menu, issuance and dispatch of circulars, updating of minutes of the meeting by various groups by rotation.
7. Write articles, poems your experiences in newsletter for benefit of others.
8. Collect advertisements for newsletter
9. Participate in fund raising activities
10. Can start many activities as listed in our objectives of Association.

With this , I hope everybody will put hand in hand together for better tomorrow ….
Help to make this our most successful year yet .
Wishing you GOOD LUCK, in all that you do…….
Not just for today but all your through.
If You have helpful tips to share or ideas to put forward for developing our NRIPA family , please email at vijaykhopkar@hotmail.com

Vijay Y Khopkar ,
Treasurer NRIPA
Camp at Phoenix , USA
11 , Ashutoshnagar Society,
Baroda 390018