John Rockefeller was one of the wealthiest Americans that ever lived. By the age of 25 he owned one of the largest oil refineries in the USA. At he age of 38, he controlled 90% of all oil deposits. By the age of 50, he was the wealthiest person in the USA. At a young age he had an incredible drive to be as wealthy as he could have been. But at the age of 53 he got very sick, was in constant pain and lost all his hair. The richest person on earth could not even slurp a little soup or snack on a few crackers. He could not sleep, was in constant pain and any semblance of happiness disappeared from his life. The doctors gave him one year to live. So one day he got up from bed and realized that he was not taking any of his wealth with him when he dies. So he called his lawyers, the directors of his empire, managers and staff, and told them that he had decided to put all his wealth into a Foundation to help hospitals, medical research, charitable work, and other philanthropic projects....the Rockefeller Foundation. With his invaluable help, scientists discovered penicillin, medicine against malaria, tuberculosis, dyphteria, yellow fever and others. But the strange thing is that as soon as he decided to part form his wealth, his health recovered. To such an extent that after the doctor told him he would not live beyond 55, he lived into his 97th year. He wrote in his diary ‘God taught me that eveything belongs to Him, and I am simply an instrument to do His will on earth. My life was a long journey, pleasant and beautiful, filled with work and happiness. Then when my anxieties and worries disappeared, God remained close to my heart until the very end.’
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