Saw this post on facebook. I thought it was very meaningful I have to save it here for future reference.
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.”
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.
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.
Yes , you and I had one , cherish it. !
