Short story: A chat over a back fence, between two elderly gents

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An older man was talking to his neighbour, also old, over the back fence, about his life, and he told him that life had brought him much pain, and that he had had to live through many a dark, and horrendous, moment. His neighbour, took in a deep breath, and then he replied. "Life, and we could also call this the light, or even God, never takes you to a completely dark place, of only pain. There is always, still there, an element of light, and love, there for you to find." The old man frowned. "That is all very well for you to say, as you are a retired clergyman." "How could you know, that even if what you said had an element of truth in it for yourself, how could you know that it, that element of your truth, has applied in my life too?" The retired minister took in another deep breath, and then, one more still, and then, he finally replied. "Love lives in all things, as if it didn't, all would be dead, and where there is life, there is always some love." "Letting that love reach you, even in darkness, allows it to eventually raise you up to yourself, rather than you sinking down, lower than your real self, to a shadow of yourself, based on the darkness of a darkened mind, not the light of an enlightened heart." "Ok," said the old man. "I cannot argue with your logic, as if God exists, what you say, is plausibly true, but what if there is no God? " The other man added this final word about God. "I have worked closely with God all of my life, and when we acknowledge God as real, his realness comes out of the world then to meet, and to greet us, too." "We all need to try to at least work with God in this way, as otherwise, we will never find God." "Give God a chance, and you will find the luck of the chance coming true, and real, for you, is then increased in your life too." And so, the two men then went back to their respective houses. As each then turned backwards, and glanced at each other again, they then both saw a bird on their fence, and each wondered silently to themselves, how long that bird had been there. They both had not noticed it before. We need to try to notice the light still in the darkness, with our hearts, or otherwise, we will just not see it, with a continuing darkened mind. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Try to always see, the love, always seated nearby to yourself, in all aspects of life.