You - a businessman who claims to be successful - are you happy with the life you’re living?

        If you know how to divide your time between work and family, between the earthly things and the spiritual values, then you are very successful.

        However, if you are one of those people who do not work to live but live to work, a day will come when you will ask yourself: Was it worth it?

        And you will realize that all the rush to make money and then not use it was not worthwhile.

        You will see that time has passed by and fatigue has taken over your body.

        You will notice that even when surrounded by a lot of people, you feel lonely.

        One day you will retire to your bedroom and you will want to hug your pillow, because there is no one left to hug.

        You will realize you let yourself into a vicious circle, that you're not the owner of your own time, and that you cannot spend it as everyone else.

        You will see that your car is already becoming a problem, and not a comfort, that the telephone disturbs, that your tie bothers you...

        You'll notice that managing your properties and belongings demand too much of your time, and you are being possessed instead of possessing.

        And no matter how much you try to get rid of all this, you are a slave, though envied by many.

        You will realize it was not worthwhile spending several years without vacations or resting moments.

        And that there are no more illusions and hope is drifting off...

        One day you will see that life has passed you by and you have not lived.

        You have lived in the world without a reason to do so – you have been here and there but have never really been anywhere.

        You thought you were getting somewhere but you were simply standing still.

        You had everything but felt nothing.

        One day you will see that time goes as fast as thin sand among your fingertips.

        And when this time comes, you will want to go back in time and spend your hours in a different way. 

        You will want to smile, love, be with your family, get together with the children and to say hi to your neighbor.

        You will want your wife's hug, who had always been left aside.

        You will want to feel your son's hand caressing your hair...

        You will prefer a pizza with the children instead of a business dinner.

        You will want to be the master of your hours, to take vacations and do everything you like...

        But if you decide to think about all this one day... a day that never comes, perhaps you will not have any time left...

        For this reason, listen to yourself and meditate on this message for a few minutes - do not leave what you can do today for tomorrow.

        Smile, love, enjoy your family, roll on the ground with your children, hug your wife, kiss your old mother, tell your father you love him and spend a bit of your time with your friends...

        Take vacations, have a medical check-up done, take care of your health, invest a little bit in yourself.

        And take advantage of contemplating the spiritual values, since you are an immortal being, a servant of eternity...

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        If you have never felt the scent of a flower...

        Have never reached out for somebody in need...

        Have never observed the dusk nor the dawn...

        Do not have enough time to dedicate to your relatives...

        Have not taken a vacation for many years, in order to keep your to do’s up to date...

        Have never dedicated a little of your time to some kind of social service...

        Then you are already dead, but you have not noticed it yet.

        Think about it, but do it now!

Spiritist Moment Team, based on text extracted from the page geocities.com/heartland/village/1660.
March 14 2008.