MY VIEW OF THE STAGES OF LIFE

The stages of life explained. This is so true and accurate…it hurts!
On the 1st day, God created the dog and said “sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone you don’t know that comes in or walks past, for this I’ll give you a lifespan 20 years.” The dog replied, “oh God, twenty years is a long time to be barking, how about only 10 years and I’ll give you back the other 10?” so God agreed…
On the 2nd day, God created the monkey and said, “entertain people, do tricks and make them laugh, for this I’ll give you a lifespan of 20 years.” The monkey replied, “monkey tricks for 20 years? That’s quite a long time to perform, how about I return 10 years like the monkey did? And God agreed again.
On the 3rd day, God created the cow and said, “You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I’ll give you a lifespan of 60 years.” The cow slowly replied, “ that’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for 60 years, how about twenty and I’ll return back the other 40?” and God again agreed!.
On the 4th day, God created man and said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy life. For this I’ll give you 20 years”. But the man said, “Only 20 years? Could you possibly give me my 20, the 40 the cow returned, the 10 the monkey gave back and also the dog’s 10? that makes it 80 okay?” “Okay” you asked for it and so you have it…
…so that’s why for our first 20 years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 years we slave in the sun to support our family. The next 10 years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren and for the last 10 years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone!