Good reminder.

I was at a teamwork teaching ground during the Summer Work Experience
Program run by the Commission for the Blind.  Toward the end of the games
and challenges we played, we sat in a circle with long-handled spoons,
feeding each other Skiddles.  This story was told, but it was a traveler
traveling to two different villages, rather than a holy man going to Hell
and Heaven.

Sharon
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Subject: Fw: Parable of the Spoons


> Have you all seen this one?  It is a good lesson.
>
> Ned
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> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 4:15 PM
> Subject: Parable of the Spoons
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>> Parable of the Spoons
>>    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 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.
>> -
>>
>>
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