National Association of Fire Officers, House of Commons
If we knew by Patience Strong
If we knew
If we really knew just how much time was left for us - how many years or months or weeks - we'd cease to fret and fuss - about the unimportant things that fill our lives today. We should use each precious hour before it slipped away. If we knew exactly what the span was going to be - we should value time and live each moment gratefully: wasting nothing of its treasure, sifting false from true - making up for all the time we've squandered - if we knew.
Mr & Mrs Francis Mees 
