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Subject: BILLY GRAHAM'S SUIT One of the best mails this
year.

A GREAT STORY
Billy Graham is
now 92-years-old with
Parkinson's disease. In January 2000, leaders in
Charlotte , North Carolina , invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a
luncheon in his honor.
Billy initially hesitated to accept the
invitation because he struggles with Parkinson's disease. But the Charlotte
leaders said, 'We don't expect a major address. Just come and let us
honor you.' So he agreed.
After wonderful things were said about him,
Dr. Graham stepped to the rostrum, looked at the crowd, and said, "I'm
reminded today of Albert Einstein, the great physicist
who this month
has been honored by Time magazine as the
Man of the
Century. Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the
conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger.
When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He
couldn't find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It
wasn't there.
He looked in
his briefcase but couldn't find it. Then he looked
in the seat beside him. He still couldn't find it.
"The conductor said,
'Dr. Einstein, I know who you are.. We all know who you are. I'm sure you
bought a ticket. Don't worry about it.'
"Einstein nodded
appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As
he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great
physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his
ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said, 'Dr. Einstein, Dr.
Einstein, don't worry, I know who you are; no problem. You don't need a
ticket. I'm sure you bought one.'
Einstein
looked at him and said, 'Young man, I
too,
know who I am.
What I don't know is where I'm going.'
Having said
that Billy Graham continued, "See the suit
I'm wearing? It's a brand new suit. My children,
and my
grandchildren are telling me I've gotten a little slovenly
in my old age.
I used to be a bit more fastidious. So I went out
and bought a
new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion.
You know what
that occasion is? This is the suit in which I'll be buried.
But when you
hear I'm dead, I don't want you to immediately
remember the
suit I'm wearing. I want you to
remember this:
I not only know
who I am. I also know where I'm going."
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