February  3,  2021

 

WHAT  WERE  YOU  NOT  THINKING?

 

 

“Hey God,” an angel came flying to God, and asked: “What were you not thinking when you made humans?”

 

“What are you talking about?” said God.

 

“Well, I’ve been noticing an interesting quirk they have.”

 

“Pray, tell?” said God.

 

“It’s this thing called ‘illusion’.”

 

“What are you talking about?  What do you mean ‘Illusion?’”

 

“They think a piece of fruit – say an apple – that it will last forever.”

 

“Interesting. Tell me more.”

 

“Apples fall. There’s such a thing as gravity!”

 

“Tell me more!”

 

“And they age. They rot. A fruit tree – and a garden – is loaded down with knowledge.”

 

“For example.”

 

“Illusion.  I’m telling you that the place is loaded – life – apples, peaches, pears and plums …. People are filled with illusions – and they have to fall  before they can rise.”

 

“Oh, okay,” said God. "I guess time will tell a lot more."

 

[A moment of quiet….]

 

“Wait a minute,” said God. “Who thinks who is the smarter?  The man or the woman?”

 

And the angel said with a smile, “Oh, that’s an illusion - if there ever was an illusion.”

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

Painting on Top:

Louis Delsarte,

Adam and Eve, 

a scene in his mosaic,

"Transitions".