I come for you
I’m tired of working and seeing the same people. I walk to work every day, I come home and my wife served the same food for dinner, which I didn’t like very much and I have to eat the food I don’t like.
I’m going to go to the bathroom and my daughter, barely a year and a half, won’t let me because she wants to play with me. She doesn’t understand that I’m tired and I want to go to the bathroom.
Later, I take my mobile phone to check the pending messages on my couch and my daughter wants to play again and to be cradled in my arms. I want to check my smartphone calmly, and my wife comes out with hers: “How do you see me? I got ready for you.”
I tell him fine, without taking my eyes off my phone. For a change, she gets mad at me because she says I don’t understand her and never listen to her. I don’t know why she gets mad if I give her my full attention. What’s more, even watching television I pay attention to it, well, as long as there are bad commercials. Sometimes I would like to be alone and not listen to anything, I just want to rest. I have enough problems at work to hear the ones at home.
My father also annoys me sometimes and between clients, wife, daughter, father, they drive me crazy, I want peace. The only good thing is sleep, when I close my eyes I feel a great relief from forgetting everything and everyone.
Hello, I’m here for you.
-Who are you? How did you go inside?
-God sends me for you. He says that he heard your complaints and you’re right, it’s time to rest.
-That is not possible, for that it would have to be…
-That’s right, yes you are. You will no longer worry about seeing the same people, or walking, or putting up with your wife with her stews, or your little daughter bothering you. What’s more, you will never listen to your father’s advice.
-But… What will happen to everything? With my job?
-Don’t worry; In your company they already hired another person to fill your position and by the way, he is very happy because he did not have a job.
-And my wife and my daughter?
-Your wife was given a good man who loves, respects and admires her for her qualities that you never observed in her and he gladly accepts all her stews without demanding anything from her, because thanks to God and to her, he has something to take home. mouth every day unlike other people who have nothing to eat and go hungry for months. And besides, he cares about your daughter and loves her as if she were his and no matter how tired she always comes home from work, she spends time playing with her. They are very happy.
-No, I can’t be dead.
Sorry, the decision has already been made.
-But… that means that I will never kiss my daughter’s cheek again, nor say I love you to my wife. I will no longer see my friends to tell them how much I appreciate them, or give my father a hug. I will no longer live, I will no longer exist, they will bury me in the pantheon and there my body will remain covered with earth. I will never again hear the words that were said to me: “Hey, friend! You are the best”; “My son, I am proud of you”; “How much I love my husband”; “My brother, I’m glad you came to my house”; “Daddy…”
No, I don’t want to die. I want to live, grow old with my wife, I don’t want to die yet…
-But it’s what you wanted, to rest. Now you have your eternal rest, sleep forever.
-No, I don’t want to, I don’t want to. Please God!
-What’s wrong with you love? Do you have a nightmare? – said my wife waking me up.
-No, it was not a nightmare, it was another opportunity to enjoy you, my baby, my family, everything that God created. Know? Being dead, you can no longer do anything and being alive you have the opportunity to make others happy and do God’s will. Once your eyes are closed, no one guarantees you will open them again. Living is beautiful! Today I made it, tomorrow… tomorrow God will say.
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