30/04/2025
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This text won the
*German Short Literary Award*
A man was dying;
when he realized he was dying, he saw God holding a box in His hand.
God said:
“It’s time to go.”
The man said:
“So soon? I had so many plans.”
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God said:
“Sorry, but it’s time to go!”
The man asked God:
“What’s in your box?”
God replied:
“Your belongings.”
The man asked:
“My belongings? You mean: all my things?
My clothes, my money, and so on?”
God said:
“Those are no longer yours! They belong to the earth.”
The man said:
“What about my memories?”
God replied:
“They belong to time.”
The man asked:
“My family and friends?”
God said:
“No, they were temporary!”
The man asked:
“What about my wife and children?”
God replied:
“They belong to your heart.”
The man asked again:
“So surely the contents of the box are my body parts, right?”
God said:
“No; they belong to dust!”
The man said:
“Then surely it’s my soul?”
God replied:
“Wrong! Your soul belongs to Me.”
The man,
with tearful eyes and great fear, took the box from God and opened it, only to find it empty.
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The man, with a broken heart, said: “I never had anything?”
God replied:
“That’s right, you owned nothing.
The man asked:
“So, what did I have?”
God replied:
“The moments of life were yours.
Every moment
that you lived was yours.
Life is just moments; treasure the moments
and love the moments.
What has passed, became the past! Sadly, it passed without attention, but it passed!
And when we wanted to reflect on ‘just a couple of days,’ the sign on the door said: *⇦ Passed Away ⇨*
Let us treasure each other and the good moments we share. 🌹
This text won the German Short Literary Award.
Dedicated to all noble and wise individuals. Let us value the moments of life.🤲
.... This is indeed life's best message and lesson on how to *Live fully and to die fully* ....
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