In a mother’s womb were two babies.
One asked the other:
“Do you believe in life after birth?”
The other replied:
“Of course. There has to be something after birth. Maybe we’re here to prepare ourselves for what will come later.”
“Nonsense,” said the first. “There’s no life after birth. What would that life be?”
“I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we’ll walk with our legs and eat with our mouths.”
The first laughed. “That’s absurd! Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies all we need. Life after birth is just wishful thinking.”
But the second persisted:
“Well, I think there is something more than this dark place. Maybe we won’t need this cord anymore.”
The first replied, “If there is life after birth, then where is Mother? There’s no such thing as a Mother. We’ve never seen her.”
The second said, “She’s all around us. We’re surrounded by her. We live in her. Without her, we wouldn’t exist.”
The first said, “I don’t see her, so it’s only logical that she doesn’t exist.”
To which the second softly replied,
“Sometimes, when you’re silent, and you really listen, you can feel her presence. You can hear her voice from above, calling us.”
Moral:
Just as the babies could not yet perceive their mother, we too may not see God yet His presence surrounds, sustains, and nurtures us every moment.
