Friends

 A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery , when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top end of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificient gate in the arch that looked like mother- of -pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold . He and the dog walked towards the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man and a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out, " Excuse me, where are we? "

"This is Heaven ,sir" the man answered.

"Wow ! Would you happen to have some water ?" the man asked.

"Of course, sir. Come right in and I`ll have some iced water brought right up "

The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

" Can my friend " gesturing towards the dog, "come in too?" the traveller asked.

"I am sorry, sir, but we don`t accept pets."

The man thought for a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been walking with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence.

As he approached the gate , he saw a man inside , leaning against a tree and reading a book.

"Excuse me!" he called to the man. " Do you have any water?"

"Yeah, sure there`s a tap over there, come on in."

"How about my friend here?" the traveller gestured to the dog.

"There should be a bowl beside the tap. "

They went through the gate, and sure enough there was a bowl underneath the old tap.

The traveller filled the bowl with water taking a long drink for himself, then gave some to the dog..

When they were both full, he and the dog walked back to the man who was standing beside the tree.

"What do you call this place then?" asked the traveller.

"This is Heaven" , he aswered.

"Well, thats confusing," the traveller said. " The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.

"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and the pearly gates? No .. .....Thats Hell ."

"Doesn`t it make you angry that they use your name like that?"

"No we are just happy that they screen out the folk who would leave their best friends behind."

So...........

Sometimes when we wonder why friends keep forwarding emails and texts to us without writing a word perhaps this will explain.

When you are very busy but still want to keep in touch, guess what we do? We forward emails and texts.

When we have nothing to say, but still want to keep in touch we forward email and text messages.

When we have something to say but dont quite know what or how we forward email and text messages.

Also to let you know thats you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?

A forwarded email or text message.

So next time you get a forwarded message don`t just think you have been sent just another forwarded message, but........... that someone has thought of you today and a friend has wanted to make you smile.

You are welcome at my water bowl anytime.

The End.

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