"I've learned… that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness occurs while you're climbing it." ―Andy Rooney

                                  

                                       Walter's Wiggles
                                     Zion Nat. Park, UT

Identical Rooms
 

There is an old story, which tells of a man who lived a long and worthy life. When he died, the Lord said to him: "Come, I will show you hell." He was taken to a room where a group or people sat around a huge pot of stew. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but had a handle so long it couldn't be used to reach their mouths. Everyone was famished and desperate; the suffering was terrible.

After awhile, the Lord said: "come, now I will show you heaven". 

They came to another room. To the man's surprise, it was identical to the first room - a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew, and each held the same long-handled spoons. But here everyone was nourished and happy and the room was full of joy and laughter.

"I don't understand," said the man. "Everything is the same, yet they are so happy here, and they were so miserable in the other place. What's going on?"

The Lord smiled. "Ah, but don't you see - here they have learned to feed each other." ―Author Unknown
―from Diet For A New America, by John Robbins, Copyright © 1987. Stillpoint Publishing, Walpole, NH. Pg. 350