בס׳ד

"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



23 Apr 2010

All that glisters


"All that glisters is not gold,
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold,
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold."

William Shakespeare

As it is the famous playwright's birthday today, I thought a quote from one of his plays would be appropriate.
Below is a story of a man who literally threw away the equivalent of gold.

A mail driver has described how he threw away a £100,000 winning scratchcard because he misunderstood the rules of the game.
Cemal Celikkanat, 38, said he thought the three £100,000 symbols on Camelot's £100,000 Blue game had to be in a line to win.
Read full story:
http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153143696

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