Rick Warren

As a pastor I have stood at the bedside of literally thousands of people as they took their last breath.  I have never once had somebody at their dying moment say, ‘Bring me my bowling trophy, I want to see it one more time; bring me my certificate, my college degree so I can look at it one more time; bring me the nice gold watch I got for 30 years of service at my company.’  Nobody ever says that; they say, ‘Bring me the people that I love.’  In the closing moments of their life, what people want are those they love the most around them.

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