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Catch Me If You Can!

"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow." 

In embracing Death, we embrace Life.  In knowing that Death waits at the end of the road, and we do not know where that stop is, we have the opportunity to kick into high gear.  Accepting that Death is actually a part of life can motivate us to step up, take action where necessary, feel the urgency of time, and fully use it all up.

Letting Death chase you to the end...   

A miser had accumulated, by effort, trade and lending, three hundred thousand dinars.  He had lands and buildings and all kinds of wealth.  He then determined that he would spend a year in enjoyment, living comfortably, and then decide as to what his future should be.

Almost as soon as he had stopped amassing money, the Angel of Death appeared before him to take his life away.

The miser tried, by every argument which he could muster, to dissuade the Angel, who seemed however, adamant.  Then the man said:  "Grant me but three more days and I will give you one-third of my possessions."

The angel refused.  He pulled again at the miser's life, tugging to take it away.

Then the man said:  "If you only allow me two more days on earth, I will give you two hundred thousand dinars from my store."

Still the Angel would not listen to him.  The Angel even refused to give the man a solitary extra day for all his three hundred thousand pieces.

Then the miser said:  "Please, then, give me just time enough to write one little thing down."

This time the Angel allowed him this single concession and the man wrote, with his own blood:  "Man, make use of your life.  I could not buy one hour for three hundred thousand dinars.  Make sure that you realize the value of your time."

~Anonymous