FACT OR FICTION
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:37 am
The last wishes of Alexander the Great:
On his death bed, Alexander summoned his generals and told them his
three ultimate wishes:
1. The best doctors should carry his coffin
2. The wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones)should
be scattered along the procession to the cemetery, and
3. His hands should be let loose, hanging outside the coffin for all to
see.
One of his generals who was surprised by these unusual requests asked
Alexander to explain.
Here is what Alexander the Great had to say:
1. I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that, in
the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to
heal
2. I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody
sees that material wealth acquired on earth, stays on earth
3. I want my hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand
that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty
handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhausted,
and that is.......... TIME.
TIME is our most precious treasure because it is LIMITED. We can
produce more wealth, but we cannot produce more time. When we give
someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will
never take back. Our time is our life.
May God grant you plenty of TIME and may you have the wisdom to give
it away so that you can LIVE & LOVE in peace
On his death bed, Alexander summoned his generals and told them his
three ultimate wishes:
1. The best doctors should carry his coffin
2. The wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones)should
be scattered along the procession to the cemetery, and
3. His hands should be let loose, hanging outside the coffin for all to
see.
One of his generals who was surprised by these unusual requests asked
Alexander to explain.
Here is what Alexander the Great had to say:
1. I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that, in
the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to
heal
2. I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody
sees that material wealth acquired on earth, stays on earth
3. I want my hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand
that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty
handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhausted,
and that is.......... TIME.
TIME is our most precious treasure because it is LIMITED. We can
produce more wealth, but we cannot produce more time. When we give
someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will
never take back. Our time is our life.
May God grant you plenty of TIME and may you have the wisdom to give
it away so that you can LIVE & LOVE in peace
Same to you brother.