Gino
29th September 2002, 09:53 PM
A Man's Wish
A man was walking along the beach in California one day, thinking to
himself and doing his best to sort out his life and pray for happiness. He stopped and looked up to the sky, looking for a sign of his faith, and said, "Oh Lord, if you are there... grant me one wish."
Suddenly there was a crack of lightning in the sky and in a booming
voice echoed from above, saying, "Man, you have done your best to be
faithful, though you have not always succeeded. I will grant your prayer and offer you one wish."
The man looked out over the ocean, thought it over for a moment,
and said, "I wish for you to build a bridge all the way to Hawaii, so I can drive over anytime I want to."
The voice boomed, "Think of what this would entail! The millions
of tons of concrete and steel, the depths of the Pacific to build on... such a materialistic wish! I can certainly do it, as anything is in my power, but it would be better for your soul to put aside this desire for worldly things. Pray for a moment and think of another wish, a wish that would honor and glorify me."
The man sat down on the sand and thought about it. Finally he
gazed upward and said, "Oh Lord, I have been married and divorced five times. I
did not understand any of my wives, and every one said i was insensitive and ignorant..."
"Lord," he continued. "My wish is to understand women, to know how
they feel, what they think, why they laugh and cry, and how I can
truly make them happy." The man looked up at the sky, awaiting his answer. There was a minute of absolute silence... then another... and another.
Finally, the voice boomed, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"
A man was walking along the beach in California one day, thinking to
himself and doing his best to sort out his life and pray for happiness. He stopped and looked up to the sky, looking for a sign of his faith, and said, "Oh Lord, if you are there... grant me one wish."
Suddenly there was a crack of lightning in the sky and in a booming
voice echoed from above, saying, "Man, you have done your best to be
faithful, though you have not always succeeded. I will grant your prayer and offer you one wish."
The man looked out over the ocean, thought it over for a moment,
and said, "I wish for you to build a bridge all the way to Hawaii, so I can drive over anytime I want to."
The voice boomed, "Think of what this would entail! The millions
of tons of concrete and steel, the depths of the Pacific to build on... such a materialistic wish! I can certainly do it, as anything is in my power, but it would be better for your soul to put aside this desire for worldly things. Pray for a moment and think of another wish, a wish that would honor and glorify me."
The man sat down on the sand and thought about it. Finally he
gazed upward and said, "Oh Lord, I have been married and divorced five times. I
did not understand any of my wives, and every one said i was insensitive and ignorant..."
"Lord," he continued. "My wish is to understand women, to know how
they feel, what they think, why they laugh and cry, and how I can
truly make them happy." The man looked up at the sky, awaiting his answer. There was a minute of absolute silence... then another... and another.
Finally, the voice boomed, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"