Hi Everyone, I hope it will touch your heart reading through these lines, particularly this verse:
>The best present that you > can give to your family and friends is your > TIME. > May you be granted with > plenty of TIME, to share with All. I remember we had a poem in high school by Thomas Gray entitled: "An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" - only these words stuck to my mind: all 'the paths of glory lead but to the grave.' the following abstract will give the depth of the poem: An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, first published in 1751. Gray may, however, have begun writing the poem in 1742, shortly after the death of his close friend Richard West. In this poem Gray has changed the form of writing an elegy; it is the first elegy that mourns the death not of great or famous people, but of common men who remain unknown and unrecognized. Gray also attempts to show that all 'the paths of glory lead but to the grave.' By implication, the futility of all human ambition and aspiration is hinted at. The contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor, or the privileged and the unprivileged is also highlighted in the poem. He shows how the poor are not in a position to enjoy the luxuries and joys of life in this world. Their poverty proves an obstacle in the path of their progress. But this poverty is a blessing in disguise. If it does not allow people to rise higher, it also restrains them from doing evil, by limiting their power to do so. The rich, on the other hand, possess the power and means to do well to themselves and the world, but they also have powers to do mischief and bring destruction on innocent people. God Bless. Tom ________________________________ Subject: .The Gift of Time to give ... Very good... > > He had amazingly great > wisdom! > > "The Gift of > Time" > >Something to think > about! > > The last wishes of > Alexander the Great........ > > On his death bed, > Alexander summoned his army 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... > > 3. His hands should be > let loose, so they hang 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, will stay 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. > We do not take to our > grave any material wealth. > 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!" > > The best present that you > can give to your family and friends is your > TIME. > May you be granted with > plenty of TIME, to share with All. > > We all forward jokes and > other messages. > Every person you know > should read this.
