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In the early days of creation, a dog was created.
The Creator said, "Your purpose on earth is to sit by the door of your house all day and bark at anyone who comes near. You will be rewarded with a life span of twenty years."
The dog replied, "Excuse me, but that's a long time to be sitting at a door and barking. How about I do it for ten years and give you the other ten years back?"
The Creator agreed.
The next day, a cow was created.
The Creator said, "Your purpose is to go out into the field and work under the sun using your body to provide meat and milk for man. For that, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow replied, "Sixty years is a long time to live a tough life like that. How about we shorten it to twenty and I'll give you back forty years?"
The Creator agreed.
The next day a monkey was created.
The Creator said, "You purpose on earth is to provide entertainment. You will do tricks and make people laugh all the time. Humor is much needed on earth, so I will give you a life of twenty years."
The monkey said, "Twenty years is a long time to make people laugh and do tricks all the time. What if we shortened it to ten and I will give you back ten years?"
The Creator agreed.
The next day, Man was created.
The Creator said, "Your purpose on earth is to eat, sleep, marry, have children and enjoy life. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
Man said, "Twenty years? Would it be possible for me to have my twenty years at the beginning, then add the forty years the cow gave back to you. I would also like for you to add the ten years the monkey gave back and, lastly, add the ten years the dog gave back. That would make my life span eight years. Okay?"
The Creator agreed...and that's why...
For the first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. The next forty years are spent laboring in the sun in order to support our family. The next ten years are spent doing monkey tricks as we entertain our grandchildren. And the last ten years we sit on the front porch...barking at everyone!
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