Heaven

There was a man who spent his life longing to go to heaven. He spent hours every day deep in meditation, contemplating heaven. When he died an angel took him on a conducted tour. The angel showed him majestic, snow-capped mountains. He gazed, transfixed at the sheer beauty of evening mists rising above tranquil lakes. He walked across lush, green water meadows covered with king-cups and stood on the banks of crystal clear streams. He skirted deep green woods, walked across miles of golden, sandy beaches, and listened to the gentle music of the waves. One beautiful sight after another was revealed to him. The man was so overcome by the loveliness of it all that he turned to the angel and whispered breathlessly,
“How wonderful! So this is heaven!”
“No, came the reply, this is the world in which you lived but never saw.”

(as told by Daphne Richards)