A man died and because he had been a good person, he went to Heaven, where Saint
Peter greeted him at the door.
Welcome! he said. You can enter Heaven right
away, but, because you lived such a good life, you can also go and check out
Hell first, if you like.
The man was rather curious and said - well, why not
- and he went down all the stairs to reach the door of Hell, which opened before
him.
Behind the door, he saw many people sitting around tables with delicious
food! But they were all very sad, and suffering, because instead of hands they
had long knives and forks as arm extensions and they did not manage to put any
of this great food in their mouths.
The man went back up to Heaven and said
to Saint Peter: Wow, am I glad that I can go to Heaven. That is really some
punishment.
Welcome to Heaven, Saint Peter said, as he let the man
in.
What did he see there? He saw many people sitting around tables with
delicious food, just like in Hell!
And just like in Hell, they also had these
long fork and knive extensions on their arms!
But in Heaven, the people
weren't crying or cursing, because they were sticking the food in each other's
mouths! "Try this", they laughed. "And this!", and they had lots of fun in the
process.
Lesson: Happiness comes from making other people happy.
Don't be selfish but care for other people, and you will be taken care of as
well.
