There was once a crowd in the doctor’s waiting room because none of the appointments was on time. An elderly gentleman rose and approached the receptionist, “Madam, my appointment was for 10 am, but it is 11 am already. Could you kindly give me another appointment? I can’t afford to wait for so long,” he said.
One man in the crowd leaned over to the other and said, “This man seems to be in his seventies. What urgency has he got at this age?”
The man overheard the whispered remark, turned to the lady, bowed and said…
QUESTIONS
- What did he say to the receptionist?
- What is the implication of this story?
ANSWERS
- “I am not in my seventies. I am now eighty-seven. That is why the urgency.”
- Time is more precious to the elderly. As they grow old, they come closer and closer to the end of their lives. Because of this, there is an urgency in them to do what they intend to accomplish.
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