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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4285041, member: 51347"]This may or may not be true, but it DOES capture the essence of my feelings:</p><p><br /></p><p>On his death bed, Alexander (III, the Great of Makedon), summoned his generals and told them his three ultimate wishes:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The best doctors should carry his coffin</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be scattered along the procession to the cemetery, and</p><p><br /></p><p>3. His hands should be let loose, hanging outside the coffin for all to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of his generals who was surprised by these unusual requests asked Alexander to explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what Alexander the Great had to say:</p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p><br /></p><p>2. I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that material wealth acquired on earth, stays on earth</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>May you have plenty of TIME and may you have the wisdom to give it away</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, MY Avatar caption has stated for years here on CT:</p><p><b>"ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Personally, I have always told my 6 Daughters: You come into this Life buck-nekked (totally naked -with nothing)... You leave this life buck-nekked. The only difference, and <u>what you take from this Life,</u> is your accumulated experiences, knowledge, acts of kindness, and how you lived your life as a Human. Everything else does not matter. Your Immortality is how you are remembered as a Person, not what you had.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1090498[/ATTACH]</b></p><p>Makedon Alexander III - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet 24mm 16.35g LIFETIME 328-311 Baal - Lion</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">I will add: I trust if my Daughters join CoinTalk and inquire about disposition of my accumulation, that there would be help as to the collection's disposal.</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4285041, member: 51347"]This may or may not be true, but it DOES capture the essence of my feelings: On his death bed, Alexander (III, the Great of Makedon), summoned his 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, and 3. His hands should be let loose, hanging 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, stays 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. 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. May you have plenty of TIME and may you have the wisdom to give it away Hence, MY Avatar caption has stated for years here on CT: [B]"ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE Personally, I have always told my 6 Daughters: You come into this Life buck-nekked (totally naked -with nothing)... You leave this life buck-nekked. The only difference, and [U]what you take from this Life,[/U] is your accumulated experiences, knowledge, acts of kindness, and how you lived your life as a Human. Everything else does not matter. Your Immortality is how you are remembered as a Person, not what you had. [ATTACH=full]1090498[/ATTACH][/B] Makedon Alexander III - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet 24mm 16.35g LIFETIME 328-311 Baal - Lion [B][I][COLOR=#b30000]I will add: I trust if my Daughters join CoinTalk and inquire about disposition of my accumulation, that there would be help as to the collection's disposal.[/COLOR][/I][/B][/QUOTE]
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