Bidding against friends

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Posted By: peter chao

The old cliche about the person dying with the most toys. The cliche is a form of sarcasm. I don't know if any of you can put yourself in the shoes of the dying person.

But the last thing a dying person thinks about is the number of toys they have. They are much more likely to think about the times they failed to hug their children when they should have. Or they will think about the grief they gave their parents. Or they will think about the times they let down a friend.

Perhaps, they will feel guilty about the time they sold a trimmed card without informing the buyer.

Maybe they will also remember the good times. The times they went with friends to the ballpark and saw a game, and drank a couple of beers with friends.

Remember this, "in order to win the rat race you need to think like a rat." It is the meek that will inherit the earth.

Peter