A pretty and wealthy woman was serving life sentence in prison, angry and resentful about her plight she had decided that she would rather die than to live another year in prison .
Over the years she had become good friends with one of the prison caretaker, whose job among others was to bury those prisoners who died in the prison just outside the prison walls.
When a prisoner dies the caretaker rings a bell which was heard by everyone in the prison, the caretaker then got the body and put it in a casket for burial after filling the dead certificate .
The caretaker then puts the casket on a wagon to the graveyard for burial.
The woman knowing this routine devised an escape plan and shared the ideal with the caretaker.
The next time the bell rang, the woman would leave her cell and sneak into the dark room where the coffins were kept and the slip into the coffin with the dead body while the caretaker was filling out the dead certificate. when the caretaker returned he will nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the woman in the coffin along the dead body, he will then bury the coffin.
The woman having pre-arranged with the caretaker for special vents in the coffin knew there wouldn't be enough air for her to breath until later in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under the cover of darkness to dig up the coffin,open it and set her free.she also decided to carry a flashlight to cope with the darkness beneath until the hour of expected freedom.
The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan but since he and the woman had become good friends over the years and knowing he stand to gain a lot from this pretty and wealthy woman,especially when he catches glimpse of the well defined curves of the woman he more than agreed to do it.
The woman waited several weeks before someone in the prison died. she was asleep in her cell when she heard the death bell rang, she quickly got up from her bed and slowly walked down the hallway where the coffins were kept . quietly in the dark she found the coffin with the dead body,carefully climbed into the coffin and pulled the lid shut to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid shut.
soon she heard footsteps and the pounding of hammer and nails ,even though she was very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body she new that with each nail she was one step closer to freedom.The coffin was lifted into the wagon and taken to the graveyard ,she could feel the coffin being lowered into the grave..
Finally she heard the dirt drooping onto the top of the wooden coffin, and she new that it was only a matter of time and she will be free at last.
After several minutes of absolute silence,she began to laugh...happily,feeling free already and chanting
...i am free
...i am free
Feeling curious,she decided to light the flashlight to find out the identity of the dead prison beside her , to her horror, she discovered that she was lying next to the care taker her only hope to freedom.
LESSONS.............................................
many people believe they have life all figure out,that they are well connected and can arrange and pre arrange things to their favour but some time it just doesn't work out the way they planned it .
Think of a plan B.....
"I don't know what tomorrow holds but i know who holds tomorrow"
the happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of what they have.
But atimes even the best fails.
Only one thing never fails........GOD.
May he never fail you for sharing this post with a friend.
food for thought.............
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