Yesterday is a canceled check;
tomorrow is a promissory note;
today is the only cash you have,
so spend it wisely.
"In a Chinese Garden," is the story of how a patient named Marguerite impacted the life of Dr.Frederic Loomis, an ob/gyn in China. The young woman had lost her baby and Dr. Loomis had gone to her bedside to grieve with her.
Afther her release from the hospital she wrote to him, recalling the fatigue she had seen in him and sharing with him a message she had seen on a garden wall. She hoped the words would be as meaningful to him as they had been to her: " Enjoy yourself. It is later then you think".
Her letter prompted Dr. Loomis to take a three-month leave of absence from his position at the hospital. He shared the letter with a friend, who spontaneously agreed to travel to South America with him.
In South America, they met a prominent man with whom they shared their story. The next day, this man told Dr.Loomis that he had decided to take his family for a long overdue vacation. He said, " It was a very long finger indeed that wrote those words on the garden wall in China".
Through the years, countless others have responded to Dr. Loomis' story, deciding to no lokger put off the things they've always wanted to do to make life more enjoyable. Today, perhaps the message from the Chinese garden is for you: Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think!
tomorrow is a promissory note;
today is the only cash you have,
so spend it wisely.
"In a Chinese Garden," is the story of how a patient named Marguerite impacted the life of Dr.Frederic Loomis, an ob/gyn in China. The young woman had lost her baby and Dr. Loomis had gone to her bedside to grieve with her.
Afther her release from the hospital she wrote to him, recalling the fatigue she had seen in him and sharing with him a message she had seen on a garden wall. She hoped the words would be as meaningful to him as they had been to her: " Enjoy yourself. It is later then you think".
Her letter prompted Dr. Loomis to take a three-month leave of absence from his position at the hospital. He shared the letter with a friend, who spontaneously agreed to travel to South America with him.
In South America, they met a prominent man with whom they shared their story. The next day, this man told Dr.Loomis that he had decided to take his family for a long overdue vacation. He said, " It was a very long finger indeed that wrote those words on the garden wall in China".
Through the years, countless others have responded to Dr. Loomis' story, deciding to no lokger put off the things they've always wanted to do to make life more enjoyable. Today, perhaps the message from the Chinese garden is for you: Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think!
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