So here we are, sitting at one of Heaven's coolest delis, enjoying a latte and grilled cheese. We're busy exchanging earth stories, which from this vantage point seem almost like --well, black comedy.
“Can you believe how stupid I was to spend ten years in love with alcohol?” I say.
My friend grins. “You call that stupid?” he says. “I spent 20 years thinking it was cool to avoid commitment.”
“I remember being absolutely convinced I was worthless.” I add, shaking my head.
“Me, I thought I was deprived,” replied my friend, “even after I was making a half a million a year.”
We’re both weak from laughter. “I thought I was just a body.” I remember.
“Oh, me, too,” chuckles my friend. “Who the hell didn’t?”
We pause for a moment. “Well, there were a few who knew better,” I murmur.
“Sure, but I thought they were idiots.”
“And then it turned out..” I reply.
“That the idiots were us.” We both sink into laughter.
“Well,” I continue, “if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have sleepwalked through my whole life.”
My friend nods ruefully. “Right,” he agreed, “we’d have discovered the secret of material life.”
We both nod.
“Which is,” he concluded, “the chance to taste God through a human straw.”
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