Balance
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days.
Eventually, Michael the Archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, “Where have you been?”
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds, “Look, Michael. Look what I’ve made.”
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, “What is it?”.
“It’s a planet,” replied God, “and I’ve put Life on it. I’m going to call
it Earth and it’s going to be a great place of balance.”
“Balance?” inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth. “For example,
northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, but cold
and.. harsh while southern Europe is going to be poor but sunny and
pleasant.”
“I have made some lands abundant in water and other lands parched
deserts.”
“This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and
covered in ice.”
The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a group of
islands and said, “What’s are those?”
“Ah,” said God. “That’s the Philippines, the most glorious place on
earth. There are beautiful beaches, rivers, mountains and forests. The
people from the Philippines are going to be attractive, modest, intelligent
and humorous and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will
be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving, and they will be
known throughout the world as carriers of peace and love.”
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, “What
about balance, God? You said there would be balance.”
God replied wisely, “Wait until you see the idiots I put in the
government.”
