Life
Everyone is always trying to figure out the meaning of Life
so I thought I would put this together to help explain why we do some of the
things we do to get by each day, month, and year.
Life explained from the front porch . . .
On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day
by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of
twenty years.”
The dog said, “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you
back the other ten?”
So God saw it was good
On the second day, God created the monkey and said,
“Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life
span.”
The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog
did?”
And God, again saw it was good
On the third day, God created the cow and said, “You must go
into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have
calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty
years.”
The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to
live for sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?”
And God agreed it was good
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, “Eat, sleep,
play, marry and enjoy your life. For
this, I’ll give you twenty years.”
But the human said, “Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty
the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back;
that makes eighty, okay?”
“Okay,” said God “You asked for it.”
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep,
play and enjoy ourselves.
For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our
family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the
grandchildren.
And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and
bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I’m doing it as a public service.
If you are looking for me I will be on the front porch.
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