Is there life after childbirth?
In the womb of a pregnant woman were two babies. One asks the other:
– Do you believe in life after childbirth?
– Of course. Something must exist after delivery. Perhaps we are here because we need to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.
– Crap! There is no life after birth. What would that life be like?
– I don’t know but surely… there will be more light than here. We may walk on our own two feet and feed by mouth.
– That’s absurd! Walking is impossible. And eat by mouth? That’s ridiculous! The umbilical cord is where we feed. I tell you one thing: life after childbirth is excluded. The umbilical cord is too short.
– Well, I think there must be something. And maybe it’s different from what we’re used to having here.
– But no one has ever returned from the afterlife, after childbirth. Childbirth is the end of life. And after all, life is nothing more than a harrowing existence in the dark that leads to nothing.
– Well, I don’t know exactly what it will be like after the delivery, but I’m sure we’ll see mom and she’ll take care of us.
– Mother? Do you believe in mom? And where do you think she is now?
– Where? All around us! On her and through her is how we live. Without her this whole world would not exist.
– Well, I don’t believe it! I have never seen mom, therefore it is logical that she does not exist.
– Well, but sometimes, when we are silent, you can hear her singing or feel how she caresses our world. You know?… I think that there is a real life that awaits us and that now we are only preparing for it…
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