Fulton Sheen: Our Life as Cash Register
on Monday, October 4, 2010Fulton J. Sheen Money Quote saying our life is fully accounted for, just as if we had each decision and every action gathered and totaled to reflect our balance. Sheen said:
“Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded” — Fulton J. Sheen
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Fulton J. Sheen is drawing a comparison between life and a cash register. He is suggesting that in life, just as a cash register records every sale that is made, so too is every aspect of our lives – our thoughts, words, and actions – somehow “recorded” in a broader sense.
The best interpretation is that Sheen believes we will ultimately be accountable for all that we think, say and do, and that there is a permanent record of our lives, just as a cash register permanently records each financial transaction.
He seems to be implying the existence of some higher power or force that observes and takes stock of our lives from start to finish.
Birthday: May 8, 1895 – Death: December 9, 1979
Cha-ching! Cash Register sound