The emperor's three questions

Posted on January 9th, 2006 by Sacha Chua

From http://www.textfiles.com/stories/emperor3.txt :

Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making the person standing at your side happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

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