Is There Football in Heaven?

Short story about life after death...or is there?

Since the dawn of man (or woman), people have wondered about heaven and life after death.  Every person on earth will at some point face death….and whatever comes after it….if anything!

 

Each religion over the years has presented diverse views of what this after-life will be like….each of us even in the same religions may have differing views and beliefs.  I was raised Christian with the typical Christian interpretation of death and Heaven and Hell.  Yet as I have walked through life, have examined my own faith, and have studied and wondered about other cultures, philosophies, and religions, I have come to the conclusion that Heaven sounds boring!

 

Can you image, being at peace and having joy all the time?  Having no sickness or the hot tea and warm cinnamon toast that your mother would serve you when you were sick.  Being near God….and having to watch what you say, not to insult Him, Jesus, or the other saints and martyrs.  I don’t know about you but I can’t imagine living in a house made of gold and having to constantly shine it.  Is it warm or cold in Heaven?  Is there skiing in Heaven?  I like my seasons.   I love skiing in the Winter with the cool air on my face as I glide down my favorite run in the Rockies.  I love biking and hiking in the Summer, smelling the flowers and watching for wildlife around each bend.   I love watching the trees begin to blossom in Spring or turn Heavenly colors in the Fall.   Are there seasons in Heaven?  Do you sleep in Heaven?  Do you dream in Heaven?

 

Also, do I have to see all of my relatives once I’m there….they’re a few I’d rather not see!   Do you see all the relatives that you never met?  If I have had three wives, who do I then live with or be with?  Oh, by the way….when I go to Heaven, am I the age I died at forever….or do I get a new and better version of myself?   If I die with blemishes, do I have blemishes in Heaven?  If I lose a leg in a deadly car accident, am I destined to live out eternity with only one leg.  I don’t mean to be sacrilegious or disrespectful, but I’ve often wondered about these things.

 

Is there football in Heaven?  I can’t imagine getting through a weekend without watching a good o’football game on TV…..in fact, is there TV in Heaven?  If not, “It” sounds pretty boring to me!  What do you do in Heaven, if you don’t have to work, have to prepare meals, clean your house, do gardening or raking leaves, deal with mother-in-laws….all those devilish little things we all hate to do but would miss once we have gone through our own deaths!   Gee, I’d miss my mother-in-law since she won’t be in Heaven!

 

I like the Islamic view:  72 virgins…..but what do you do after you have taken the 72^nd virgin?   What comes after that?   Is that all there is?  Again, it sounds that after awhile, it becomes boring again!   Also are the 72 virgins agreeable and do everything you ask? Or do they also have headaches…do they have periods?   Do you have to take care of the 72 virgins?  Many important questions!

 

I basically enjoy life and want to prolong it as long as I can.  I have enjoyed my ups and my downs….my successes and my failures.  I have learned a lot from my failures.  I have experienced love…I have experienced hate and disappointment.  I have made mistakes and I have been lucky as Hell!  I just simply accept death as a final step in our progress through life and I look forward to it as an adventure.   Since no one really knows what happens after death (I know, the Christians believe they “know”), I have decided not to worry so much about it.  I’d rather use my energies to focus on living.  

 

When I die, I look forward to “the adventure”….not really knowing is okay.  It will be whatever it will be, so why try to figure it out ahead of time or even to worry about.  If there is nothing after death, I won’t know about it after I die anyway.   And if there is something….Heaven and/or Hell, reincarnation, or some other form of “life”….it will be whatever it will be!  I don’t think you get to choose!  And I look forward to being whatever it allows me to be!   I like the idea of reincarnation.  It actually makes more sense than the Heaven and/or Hell routine.  The idea that my life will continue after my bodily death in some form of other life whether in human form or some other natural form (animal, plant, etc.)….is kinda’ appealing to me.

 

People have feared dying?  Why?  Why worry about it since we really don’t know what’s coming.  Maybe the whole idea of Heaven and Hell have been made up my humans to take the fear away….or to control other people…or simply to give meaning to something that is meaningless.

 

What ever you believe is okay!  Since we will all face it someday, we’ll all find out….or maybe we won’t (if there really is “nothing”).  Believe what you want and live your life fully in preparation for whatever is coming….I just hope there’s football in Heaven!!