LeftistLawyer, 7 months ago

My 6-yr old asked one of the BIG questions the other day.

"Daddy, why do we live?"

Knowing that he's being influenced by the ubiquitous #god botherers, I responded:

"Because of #electricity, little buddy. Kind of like the lightbulbs in our house, we all have a #spark in us that runs through our #bodies and #brains. When that spark goes out, we die."

He thought a bit about that, and then came the next BIG question:

"What happens when we #die"?

I carried the analogy further and told him:

"We become a part of the electricity that runs through the entire #planet that let's everything live. Which is super important, because without that electricity, nothing would live."

Long pause ... "And, is that #heaven, Daddy"?

I replied: "Well, nobody knows for sure, but a lot of really #smart people think it is."

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