AN EYE OPENER!!
The Angel
replied, sorry your time is up and we must leave now.
Paul enquired,
“Don’t you know who I am? I am Joe Smith, one of the richest men in the world.
The Angel nodded
“I know all about you as I do everyone else; now hurry along, let’s go.”
Paul pleaded;
“if I were to give you 10% of my fortune, which is over a billion dollars, will
you turn a blind eye and return a year later?”
The Angel shook
his head and replied, “You don’t seem to understand Paul. It is time to go”
For the next few
moments, Paul tried his best to negotiate with the angel giving away more of
his fortune for lesser time. He finally succumbed and offered “if I were to
give you all my fortune, which is 10 billion dollars, will you give me 5
minutes so that I can call my wife and children and tell them that I love them?
I have never told them this and it is very important to me that they know how I
feel about them. I also need to seek forgiveness from 2 people that I have hurt
the most. All I ask is 5 minutes!”
The Angel paused
and looked at Paul curiously and asked, “How long did it take you to make your
10 billion dollars?”
Paul replied,
“30 years my friend – it took me a whole 30 years – it’s a great deal in
exchange for 5 minutes, take it – you will never have to work another day in
your life. “
The Angel shook
his head and said “I really do not understand you human beings! If you are
willing to give up 30 years of your lives’ work for 5 minutes, then why did you
not make the most of every minute while you had it? How did you value your
time? Where were your priorities? Why did you not say or do the things that
really mattered?”
The lights went
off a second later, Paul was gone. His 10 billion dollars could not buy him the
time to do what really mattered.
Source:
Dr.E.S.Maheswar
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