Gabriel Thampy When the angel of death came to Gabriel Thampy, to accompany him to his real home, Gabriel Thampy 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”. Gabriel Thampy enquired, “Don’t you know who I am? I am Gabriel Thampy, 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.” Thampy 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 Thampy. It’s time to go” For the next few moments, Thampy 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 Thampy curiously and asked, “How long did it take you to make your 10 billion dollars?” Gabriel Thampy 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 life’s savings 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?” A second later the lights went off and Thampy was gone.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:01:27 +0000
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