Once upon a time, a beautiful angel visited a youth's room whilst he was asleep and woke him up. Groggily, the youth woke up. The angel introduced herself as a being who had appeared to grant him a wish for his life was abhorrent with poverty and no friends. The angel told the youth that she would offer him five choices and out of them the boy would choose one and that would come true. The angel offered the youth: love, wealth, fame, wisdom and death. Almost instinctively, the youth chose love. Soon, he met a girl and fell deeply in love with her and so did she. They were married within a year and lived a very happy but modest life. However, one unfortunate day, the lovely lady was caught in a car accident and died. The youth wept and wept. Finally he wept no more but inside, was very numb. The beautiful angel appeared before the youth and told him that love is just a feeling. She told him that love is not something which goes beyond the grave and that love is just temporary. She assured the youth that with time, his wounds would surely heal and decided to offer him another wish for the youth was in a depression as deep as tartarus. The boy chose fame. Soon, the boy began to be known by many in his neighbourhood and in a week, the whole city knew him. Within a year, he was the most famous person in his country with over 50 million followers on all social media. Wherever he went, he was engulfed with fans and admirers. Paparazzi flowed in and out of his house and his face appeared on every magazine's cover. He met with famous people almost everyday. But the youth still felt very empty for he had not accomplished anything in life and realised that his life's leading to a very sorry future. He could not bare the fame for it was too much pressure and longed to go back to being a normal person. In a few years, the angel appeared in front of him and he begged for a new wish and the angel smiled and offered him the other three. The boy chose wealth and almost instantly, his bank account was worth more than any other person in the whole world. The boy retired in comfort and took up have gambling, alcoholism and abused all the drugs known to man. Within 30 years, he was reduced to a middle class person and longed to have forgotten his rich past to which he couldn't ever return. What first world problems were these! He longed for the angel to return and when she did, he begged her for wisdom for he was a very foolish person. The senior was now engulfed in books and within a decade, he was the wisest person to ever exist. he knew the secrets of life and the reason for the very existence of man. he knew everything about the world. Years passed by and the man was now ensured that all of his wisdom was of very little use for him. He knew that he had made many mistakes in his life but the worst was to have met the angel. He regretted everything the angel had granted him. Suddenly, the angel appeared and told him that it took him 70 years to realise that the one thing in life that was inevitable was death. Dust we are and dust is what we return to. Love, wealth, fame and wisdom may seem like a rosy life but in the end we will all be washed away by the same hand that washes away beggars. We will be subject to the same judgement as political and war criminals. We will be judged the same as Adolf hitler and by the same person who judged him- God. Being rich or famous has no worth and wisdom just opens the curtains to truth. Love is a very pointless feeling for the person you love, in this generation, will most probably leave you for someone better or richer. Hearing this, the old man felt ill and dropped to his knees and begged the angel for the last and final wish: death.
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