Read, digest and react to the following:-
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This explains why
I forward some jokes and stuff.
A man and his dog were walking along a road.
The man was enjoying the scenery, when it
suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog
walking beside him had been dead for years.
He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high,
white stone wall along one side of the road.
It looked like fine marble.
At the top of a long hill, it was broken by
a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing
before it he saw a magnificent gate in the
arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and
the street that led to the gate looked like
pure gold. He and the dog walked toward
the gate, and as he got closer,
he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough,
he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?'
the man asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in,
and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'
The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,'
gesturing toward his dog,
'come in, too?' the traveler asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then
turned back toward the road and continued
the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of
another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading
through a farm gate that looked as if it
had never been closed.
There was no fence.
As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside,
leaning against a tree and reading a book....
'Excuse me!'
he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over
there, come on in.'
'How about my friend here?'
the traveler
gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure enough,
there was an old-fashioned hand pump with
a bowl beside it.
The traveler filled the water
bowl and took a long drink himself, then
he gave some to the dog. When they were full,
he and the dog walked back toward the man
who was standing by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.
'This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said.
'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street
and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them
to use your name like that?'
'No, we're just happy that they screen out the
folks who would leave their best friends behind.'
Soooo. Now you see, sometimes,
when we wonder why friends keep
forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word. Maybe this will explain it.
When you are very busy,
but still want to keep in touch,
guess what you do? You forward jokes.
When you have nothing to say, but still
want to keep contact, you forward jokes.
When you have something to say,
but don't know what, and don't know how....
you forward jokes.
A forwarded joke lets you know that
you are still
remembered, you are still important,
you are still loved, you are still cared for.
So, next time if you get a joke,
don't think that you've been sent just another
forwarded joke, but that you've been thought
of today and your friend on the other end
of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
You are welcome at my water bowl anytime!!
