TWINS IN THEWOMB

Twins are talking to each other in the womb.

- Baby 1: Hey, do you believe in life after birth?

- Baby 2: Of course. It is obvious that life after birth
exists. We are here to become strong and to prepare to
what awaits us after birth.

- Baby 1: Pfff All this is nonsense! There is nothing

after birth! What would life outside of the womb look
like anyway?

- Baby 2: Well, there many stories about the other

side people say that, there is a lot of light, a lot of
joy and emotions thousands of things to live For
example, apparently, there, we will eat with our
mouths!

- Baby 1: Whatever! We have our ombilical cord, and

that is what feeds us. Everyone knows that! And of
course, no one ever came back from the other side, so
these are stories from naive people. Life just simply
stops when we are born, and thats how it is, we have to
accept it.

- Baby 2: Well, allow me to think otherwise. It is true, I

do not know exactly what will this life after birth will
look like, and I cannot prove anything to you. But I like
to believe, that in the life that is coming after, we will
see our Mother and she will take care of us.

- Baby 1: Mother?! You mean to say you believe in

Mother?! AH! And where is she then????

- Baby 2: But, she is everywhere! You can see! She is

everywhere, around us! We are made of her, and it is
thanks to her that we live. Without her, we would not be
here!

- Baby 1: This is absurd! I have never seen a Mother, so

it is obvious she does not exist.

- Baby 2: I dont agree with you, thats your point of

view. Because when we become all calm, we can hear
her when she sings. We can feel it when she caresses
our world. I am certain that our True Life starts after we
are born
Source | Henri Nouwen, Our Greatest Gift, A Meditation on Dying and
Caring
(Harper One, 2009) pages 18-19.