Heaven and Hell Story

--by Nickgrand, posted Jan 29, 2008

A man spoke with the God about heaven and hell. The God said to the man, "Come, I will show you hell."

They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.

"Come, now I will show you heaven," the God said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first -- the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But there everyone was happy and well-nourished. "I don't understand," said the man. "Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the same?"

The God smiled, "Ah, it is simple," he said. "Here they have learned to feed each other."

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Posted by Nickgrand
Jan 29, 2008
Comments (16)

Readers Comments

butterfly wrote: this is a brilliant story. i love it. put a big smile on my face. thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story.

Flipper wrote: AWESOME!

Wow! Unbelievable true!

Thank you so much for sharing this story! Do you mind if I borrow it to post on a couple of my sites? I will give you credit. Thank you!

'Fliper'

Nickgrand wrote: Feel free to post it where ever to keep the story going!

babynurse wrote: WOW!!!! I LOVE THIS STORY!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: What a great story, thanks for sharing!

Tigerlily wrote: That's great!

totemblaze wrote: Beautiful how when we share & help each other we can accomplish so much.

lOVEBUG wrote: It really is just that simple. Being simple minded just took on a brand new meaning. Thanks for sharing.

brighteyes wrote: Hadn't read this story yet....thanks for sharing. Brighteyes ;)

cassiemeadows wrote: thats a lovely story. i really liked it. thanks so much. have a good day!

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