Roxilla

Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

~ Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

Funny how we forget how silly our little planet is really, and all we see is our own problems and sometimes a little further out. All these natural disasters and all this drama and religion and politics and mayhem; yet in the grand scheme of things it’s all so out of perspective. But much as we may only be like angels dancing on the head of a pin (or humans dancing on a mote of dust) it’s all relevant of course. A small percentage of megalomaniacs and control freaks aside, most of us are just regular people doing what we can do make do in this world. Even the spammers are trying, in their own way. Like my good friend Mr. Hakeem who is dying of some sort of cancer and needs someone to pass over some money too…

My name is MR.HARRY HAKEEM, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give aims to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS $12,000,000,that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. I have set aside 25% for you and for your time if you want to help me to collect this Funds and also invest this money.

Wow, I’m a copywriter so maths isn’t my strong point, but 25% of $12,000,000 seems like a whole lot of cash. Apparently GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, so if you’re feeling lucky then you can contact the ‘barrister’ at joewoodgate79@aol.com. Of course, you will almost certainly get conned out of whatever cash you’re stupid enough to send, but still. I do get a kick out of reading these emails, purely because the drama, language and style is always fun to read.

Good day and God bless you all indeed.

P.S. Is anyone as glad as me that it’s Friday tomorrow? Sheesh.