When the angel of death came to Joe Smith, to accompany him to his real home, Joe dismissively responded “I am not ready to die as I have so much left to do. Do you mind coming back later?” the Angel replied, sorry your time is up and we must leave now.
Joe 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.” Joe 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 Joe. It is time to go” For the next few moments, Joe 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 Joe curiously and asked, “how long did it
take you to make your 10 billion dollars?” Joe 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, Joe was gone. His 10 billion
dollars could not buy him the time to do what really mattered.
Time! Your most precious invaluable resource!
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