Taking it with you
 
There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved
because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to
take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to
take some of his wealth with him.
 
An angel hears his plea and appears to him. "Sorry, but you can't take
your wealth with you."

The man implores the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the
rules.
 
The man continues to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel
reappears and informs the man that God has decided to allow him to take
one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his largest suitcase
and fills it with pure gold bars and places it beside his bed.  Soon
afterward the man dies and shows up at the Gates of Heaven to greet St.
Peter.  St. Peter seeing the suitcase says, "Hold on, you can't bring
that in here!"
 
But, the man explains to St. Peter that he has permission and asks him
to verify his story with the Lord.
 
Sure enough, St. Peter checks and comes back saying, "You're right. You
are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents
before letting it through."
 
St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man
found too precious to leave behind and exclaims, "You brought
pavement!!!???"