The Beautiful Things via SJCSI via Ellie Askew; Dhr. Seven, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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| Billionaire/philanthropist Bill Gates, golden Buddha, and Yogi Adityanath (livemint.com) |
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| World's richest man? |
Someone once asked the richest man in the world, Mexican Carlos Slim American Bill Gates, “Is there anyone richer than you in the world?”
Bill Gates replied, “Yes, there is a person who is richer than me.”
He then narrated this story. “It was during the time when I wasn’t rich or famous.
“I was at the New York Airport when I saw a newspaper vendor.
“I wanted to buy one newspaper, but found that I didn’t have enough change. So I left the idea of buying it and returned it to the vendor.
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| "I really had a lot of dreams" (Bill Gates).. |
“Coincidentally, after two to three months, I landed at the same airport, and again I was short of change for a newspaper. The vendor offered me the newspaper again.
I refused and said that I can’t take it, for I don’t have change today, too. He said, ‘You can take it, I am sharing this from my profit, I won’t be at loss.’ I took the newspaper.
“After 19 years I became [rich and] famous and known by [many] people. Suddenly I remembered that vendor. I began searching for him, and after about 1½ months of searching, I found him.
“I asked him, ‘Do you know me?’ He said, ‘Yes. You are Bill Gates.’
“I asked him again, ‘Do you remember once you gave me a newspaper for free?’
“The vendor said, ‘Yes, I remember. I gave you [free papers] twice.’
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| Bill Gates' billions blocking him from enlightenment (Jeff Reifman/BigEducationApe). |
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“I said, ‘I want to repay the help you had offered me that time. Whatever you want in your life, tell me, [and] I shall fulfill it.’
“The vendor said, ‘Sir, don’t you think that by doing so you won’t be able to match my help?’
“I asked, ‘Why?’
“He said, ‘I had helped you when I was a poor newspaper vendor. And you are trying to help me now, when you have become the richest man in the world. How can your help match mine?’
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| Is my grammar that bad? Who's quoting me? |
“That day I realized that the newspaper vendor is richer than I am, because he didn’t wait to become rich to help someone.”
People must understand that truly rich people possess rich hearts rather than merely lots of money. It’s really important to have a rich heart. 💕
- Is Carlos Slim richer than Bill Gates? Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu was the richest man in the world from 2010 to 2013, according to Forbes, ahead of the likes of Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
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