One day a man had a conversation with God and said:
"Dear God, I would like to know what heaven and hell
are like?" God led the man to two doors, he opened
the first one and let the man look inside. In the room
there was a large round table and in the middle of the
table was a large pot of stew that smelled delicious.
However, the people around the table were thin and
sickly, and they seemed to be very hungry. Then te
man noticed they had very long spoons tied to there
hands, it was possible for everyone to reach out and
get the food from the pan, but because the spoons
were longer than their arms, they could not bring the
spoons to their mouths.
The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and
suffering. God said, "Now you have seen hell." and
they went to the next room.
God opened the door and the room was exactly the
same as the first one, there was also a large round
table in the middle of the room containing a large pot
of stew. The people had exactly the same long
spoons attached to their arms, but these people were
well nourished and healthy. They had fun and were
laughing and talking with each other.
The man said, "I do not get it, I do not get it!"
God said: "It's pretty simple, you only need to know
one thing. You see, they have learned to feed each
other, while the greedy people only think of
themselves.
