Today, during lunch time, I met my ex-neighbour, the Police Commissioner. He is a booklover like me and is looking to buy books at 30% discount. I was doing the same thing. I bought The Spirit Level and it is about Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better and ...
Just Enough which is by two Harvard Professors. Apparently there is an ancient Chinese story. The Emperor grant a man any amount of land he can mark by walking and it will be his forever. He spends a year walking and marking out the land. Finally, he start walking back to the Palace. As he walks, he start thinking about his sons and future generations. How about access to the ocean? They may need that in future. So he continues to walk marking out more territory. After 10 years, he reach to the ocean and start walking back. Another 10 years later, he reach the Palace. He walk in to seek an audience with the Emperor and fall dead.
It seems in life many of us are in the same situation. Always striving and finally do not get a chance to enjoy the fruits of our labour.
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That's what happened to Michael Jackson isn't it?
Micheal Jackson enjoyed his wealth. This man with his moving target was always working.
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