Food for thought

And God Created ...

A newly discovered
chapter in the Book of Genesis has
provided the
answer to, "Where do pets come from?"

Adam
said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked
with
me everyday. Now I don't see you anymore. I'm
lonesome here
and it's difficult for me to remember
how much you love me."

And God said, "No
problem! I will create a companion for you
that will
be with you forever and who will be a reflection
of
my love for you, so that you will love me even
when you
cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish
or childish or
unlovable you may be, this new
companion will accept you as
you are and will love you
as I do, in spite of yourself."

And God
created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And

it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the
new animal
was pleased to be with Adam and he
wagged his tail. And Adam
said, "Lord, I have
already named all the animals in the
Kingdom and I
cannot think of a name for this new animal."


And God said, "No problem, because I have created
this new
animal to be a reflection of my love for
you. His name will
be a reflection of my own name,
and you will call him
'Dog.'"

And Dog
lived with Adam and was a companion to him and
loved
him.

And Adam was comforted.


And God was pleased.

And Dog was content and
wagged his tail.

After a while, it came to pass
that Adam's guardian angel
came to the Lord and
said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with
pride. He
struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he

is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him
that he is
loved, but perhaps too well."


And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him
a
companion who will be with him forever and who
will see him
as he is. The companion will remind
him of his limitations,
so he will know that he
is not always worthy of adoration."

And God
created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would

not obey Adam.

And when Adam gazed into
Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he
was not the
Supreme Being. And Adam learned humility.

And
God was pleased.

And Adam was pleased.


And the Dog was pleased.

And the Cat
didn't care one way or the other.