A MAN WHOSE DOCTOR HAS GIVEN HIM THREE MONTHS TO LIVE

            This life at  best is as inn and we the passengers,said James Howell.It is quite evident from this saying that death is the ultimate of all human activities and is a universal truth.The learned man being aware of this are not scared of death.However, life becomes miserable for a normal person,who is aware of the time duration for which he is going to live.

           This is what happened to Richard Brown ,a middle class widower who worked in the municipal office of a town.He had no one to care for him,as he had no children and his beloved wife had also left for her heavenly abode some ten years ago.Richard as I knew him,was a man of strong character with a soft and gentle disposition.He was popular with the children of the neighbourhood with whom he used to play in the evening or on weekends.The children of the area called him Richi Uncle,However age was catching up on him and he no longer was as agile nor energetic to play cricket with them.One day on the suggestion of local lad Richard went to see the doctor to enquire of his ailment.The doctor after a medical examination asked him to carry out a few tests including blood test,sugar test and various other pathological  examinations, before he could make a final diagnosis.

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              A week elapsed and on the appointed day Richard set forth to collect his pathological report The doctor on seeing the report turned morose and with a sympathetic tone told him,that he was suffering from blood cancer that was in the terminal stage.So grave and hopeless was his condition that he had only three months to live.This unexpected piece of bad news came as a shock to him,for he had just reconciled from the grief of losing his wife.He was very anguished and spent sleepless nights mulling over his fate. He just could not fathom as to why God was no unkind to him.But time is great healer and in course of time he reconciled to his fate.Bowing to the wishes of God almighty that knows best, he donated all his worldly possessions including movable  and immovable property as charity to the local orphanage of the town.He also took retirement from his job and devoted himself to the service of the poor and the education of the children in his neighbourhood.

              Two months passed and now Richard started counting his days.One fine day he received a cal from the same doctor, who apologized for his mistake,telling him that his report had got mixed up with the another patient with the same name. His blood report was quite normal and therefore, he would live a normal life.The news so excited Richard,but the thought of having lost everything came as a shock,which proved fatal for him and he collapsed clutching the receiver.

                Death is indeed very certain, but no one can predict as to when,where,how and in what shape it may come.We are however unnecessarily afraid of it little realising the truth as echoed by William Shakespeare when he says,All that lives must die,passing through nature to eternity.   

            

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