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A man living on a small, run-down farm died penniless, or so they thought. When a road
was put in a few years later, it was discovered that he had $200,000 in milk cans, buried
near his house. He had lived an empty life. His money could have been given as gifts to
help others, but he chose not to help himself or anyone else. Instead of riches, or at least a
decent standard of living, he chose to live a barren life of poverty. He could have invested
the cash and the value today would be well over one million dollars. Thousands could
have been fed, or thousands could have been educated.
The following shows another way to treat possessions or power. One saved his own life by helping another.
An Indian evangelist, Sadu Sundar Singh, and a high-class citizen of Tibet were together trying to cross the hazardous Himalayan mountains. They were fighting off the sleep of death because of the bitter cold. They came across a man, nearly dead. Sadu's companion said, "We dare not stop or we also will die." And he kept going. Sadu stopped and shouldered the burden of carrying the man. Surprisingly, the extra effort brought warmth to his own body, and also some warmth to the traveler's body and he revived. Sometime later they came across Singh's first companion, frozen to death.
The following shows another way to treat possessions or power. One saved his own life by helping another.
An Indian evangelist, Sadu Sundar Singh, and a high-class citizen of Tibet were together trying to cross the hazardous Himalayan mountains. They were fighting off the sleep of death because of the bitter cold. They came across a man, nearly dead. Sadu's companion said, "We dare not stop or we also will die." And he kept going. Sadu stopped and shouldered the burden of carrying the man. Surprisingly, the extra effort brought warmth to his own body, and also some warmth to the traveler's body and he revived. Sometime later they came across Singh's first companion, frozen to death.
