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Heaven and Hell, The Real Difference

May 28th 2009 20:07
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A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell.

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

by Ann Landers
US Advice Columnist (1918-2002)

Source: sapphyr.net

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Comment by samaritan

May 28th 2009 22:55


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I love this story. Thank you for sharing it.

Samaritan

Comment by Anonymous

May 29th 2009 06:15
Wow... It's really good stories. I love it so much...
Thanks for share...

Comment by Wilson Pon

June 10th 2009 10:36


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Ann Landers is definitely a talented writer. Thanks for sharing the story and I hope her R.I.P.!

Comment by Anonymous

August 4th 2010 11:11
wow... its a really gr8 story... i liked it so much that i'm using it as my college assignment if u dnt mind...!!!

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