I once heard a story about a man’s visit to heaven and hell to learn about their life there. In both places the visitor saw many people seated around a table on which many delicious foods were laid out. Spoons were over a meter long and were held in their right hands. In hell, however much they stretched out their arms, the chopsticks were too long for them to get food into their mouths. They grew impatient and got their hands and chopsticks tangled with one another’s. The delicacies were scattered here and there.
In heaven, on the other hand, people happily used the long chopsticks to pick out someone else’s favourite food and feed it to him, and in turn they were being fed by others. They all enjoyed their meal in harmony.
The visitor learned that in heaven and hell, the problem was exactly the same. The only difference is how it is solved. It all depends on the attitude with which people approach a problem and the solution vary according to the approach.
