There was a man with four wives. 

He loved his 4th wife the most and took a great care of her and gave her the best. He also loved his 3rd wife and always wanted to show her off to his friends. However, he always had a fear that she might run away with someone.

He loved his 2nd wife too. Whenever he faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife & she would always help him out.  He did not love his 1st wife though she loved him deeply, was very loyal to him and took great care of him.

One day the man fell very ill and knew that he is going to die soon.

He told himself, "I have four wives with me. I will take one of them along
with me when I die to keep company in my death." Thus, he asked the 4th wife to die along with him and keep company. "No way!" she replied and walked away without another word.

He asked his 3rd wife. She said "Life is so good over here. I'm going to
remarry when you die".  He then asked his 2nd wife. She said "I'm Sorry. I can't help you this time. At the most I can only accompany you till your grave."  By now his heart sank and turned cold.

Then a voice called out: "I will leave with you. I will follow you no matter
where you go." the man looked up and there was his 1st wife. She was so
skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the
man said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have!"

Actually, we all have four wives in our lives.

1. The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it will leave us when we die.

2. The 3rd wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they go to others.

3. The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they
had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is
up to the grave.

4. The 1st wife is our GOOD DEEDS, neglected in our pursuit of material
wealth and pleasure. It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go.....