A TRAGEDY

An Elderly Man, in the final days of his life, is lying in bed alone. He awakens to see a large group of people clustered around his bed. Their faces are loving, but sad. Confused, the old man smiles weakly and wispers, "You must be my childhood friends, come to say good-by. I am so grateful."

Moving closer, the tallest figure gently grasp the old man's hand and replies, "Yes, we are your best and oldest friends, but long ago you abandoned us. For we are the unfulfilled promises of your youth. We are the unrealized hopes, dreams, and plans that you once felt deeply in your heart, (but never pursued). We are the unque talents that you never refined, the special gifts you never discovered. Old friend, we have come not to comfort you, but to die with you."

Les Brown cited in (I Believe in You) Compendium, Inc.

The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no vision.