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An old Russian tale says
that the inhabitants of heaven and hell both sit at tables loaded with delicious
food. The ground rules for the feast are that the diners must eat with
extremely long-handled forks, and that they must grasp the forks at the end of
the handle.
The people in hell starve because
they figure out how to feed themselves that way. But, for the people in
heaven this is not a problem. They simply reach across the table and feed
each other.
The inhabitants of heaven and
hell live with the attitudes they had while they were on earth. The story is a
reminder of the importance of what we do in the present moment. Our
choices make us who we are, not only for this life, but also for the next.
Our everyday thoughts and actions
can have tremendous consequences, reverberating into eternity. |
