Wasted Talents, Wasted Life
Remember the Parable of the Talents? Here's a quick recap (Matt 25.14-30), if you don't need one, then just skip to the next para! A Master goes away on a trip and before he does he gives 5 talents to one servant, 2 to the second and 1 to the third. The first one traded with his talents and earned 5 more talents to add to the original 5, the second did something similar and was able to earn 2 more talents for his master. The third on the other hand, decided all this was too risky and dug a hole in the ground and buried his talents there. Well, the master returns and he is very pleased with the first two servants who used their talents so profitably, he rewards them by entrusting them with more. When the third servant walks up and explains what he did with his talent the master is less than pleased with his efforts, and says that he should have at least invested the money with the bankers so it could earn interest. His one talent is then taken from him and given to the one who ...