Wednesday, June 13, 2007

(from a friend's myspace page)

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table.In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished.They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water.The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand.""It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."

When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of you!

4 comments:

Julie Hibbard said...

Wow. I remember hearing this one when i was at Mater Dei. I kept thinking, "Why didn't God just give them the right size utensils?"
:)
Who's your my space friend?

PETE Di LALLO said...

He's one of my best friends and client...Bruce New
I've known him for over 15 years...

Heather McTaggart said...

YOU MYSPACE????? You make me laugh...someday I REALLY want to meet you! Are you as funny in person as you are as a "blogger" or now a "myspacer!" Can we see your myspace? My daughter tried to make me one once, I told her she would have to go live at Trader Joe's if she did it again!

PETE Di LALLO said...

Heather,
You don't even know me but you do...I'm not a 'myspacer'...almost all by daughters are or might be but not me...I checked it out a while back and don't have a need for the crap on it...call me old...
I hope we can meet at Alli's upcoming new house party...you are so fun and interesting to read(sometime 'funny-snappy' to a certain guy) ...as for being funny, it's much easier to comment back funny than to write a funny blog, and you're a Mom too... we have a few things in common...the small number of people who read my blogs are related to me...they say nice things about me so I'll buy them stuff...
'in conclusion'...my friend is not a myspacer either...he received an email from someone who is one...