A Friend Sent Me This Message

[ranworthbreeze]

A friend sent me this message:-

Subject: Explains why I had to send this to you !
 

This explains why friends forward jokes etc. 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 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 magnificent 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 toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at 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 ice water brought right up.” and the gate began to open. “Can ,” gesturing toward his dog, “he come in, too?” the traveller asked. ”I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.” The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going 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 pump over there, come on in.” ”How about my friend here?” the traveller gestured to the dog. ”There should be a bowl by the pump,” said the man. They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back  toward the man who was standing by the tree. ”What do you call this place?” the traveller asked. “This is Heaven,” he answered. ”Well, that's confusing,” the traveller said. ”The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'” ”Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's Hell.” ”Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?” ”No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.” So-o-o-o. Now you see, sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding stuff to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain it. When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do?  You forward email's! When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes etc! When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how . . . . You forward stuff! A 'forward' lets you know that . . . . . . You are still remembered, . . . You are still important, . . . You are still loved, . . . You are still cared for. So, next time if you get a 'forward', don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer, even on the side of the world  Wanted to send you a smile. You are welcome at my water bowl anytime !! So here's to keeping in touch . . . Even if it means only forwarding on an email !

[Gracie]

You've gone and done it again, Mr Breeze, yes I'm blubbering, absolutely lovely, thank you Alan

Grace

[BroadAmbition]

Cracking post Alan, I've just gotta 'Pinch' that and post it elsewhere.

Thanks for sharing.

Griff

[hazelgirl]

Love it

[deebee29]

Nice one

[ranworthbreeze]

Thanks guy's & gal's but I only did as instructed. My mate Ron in the USA sends me a lot of messages, some I post on here many have pictures so I do not post these. 

Griff please pass this on, it was very good, Ron must spend an awful amount of time on his computer.

Regards

Alan

[BroadAmbition]

Already have, then it's been passed on again too

Griff

[SweetKingfisher1]

Alan, it's great. Thanks 

Regards

Marina