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A man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."

So, the Lord led the man to two doors, opened the first and motioned for the man to look inside.

In the middle of the room was a large round table with a large pot of stew set in the middle. The stew smelled so delicious the man's mouth began to water. The man also noticed the people sitting around the table were thin, almost famished in appearance. As the man studied further, he noticed each person was holding a spoon with a very long handle. The long handle made it easy to reach into the pot of stew but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man felt compelled to go help the people but he was not allowed; he actually began to feel sick as he realized their misery and suffering.

The Lord said, "You have just seen Hell."

Then the Lord took the man to the second door and opened it. The man huffed and initially turned his head away as it was exactly the same as the first room! There was a large round table with a large pot of stew, which again made the man's mouth water. The people held the same long-handled spoons but this was where the similarities ceased. Here, in this second room, the people looked well nourished, even plump; they were talking and many were laughing. The man said, "I don't understand?!?"

The Lord replied, "It's simple, my son. The difference between the two rooms is not that one held people who were famished while the other held people who were well nourished, but that one held people who thought more of others than themselves."