Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went
missing for six days. Eventually, on the seventh day,
Michael the archangel found him resting. He inquired
of God, "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh
of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through
the clouds. "Look Michael, look what I've made." said
God. Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What
is it?" "It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put
LIFE on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going
to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God
explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For
example, North America will be a place of great
opportunity and wealth while South America is going to
be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot
and Russia will be a cold spot. Over there I've placed
a continent of white people and over there is a
continent of black people." God continued, pointing to
different countries. "This one will be extremely hot
and this one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed
to a small land mass and said, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's Britain, the most glorious
place on Earth. There are beautiful lakes, rivers,
streams and hills. The people from Britain are going
to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're
going to be found traveling the world. They'll be
extremely sociable, hard-working and high achieving,
and they will be known throughout the world as
diplomats and carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then
proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there
would be BALANCE!" God replied wisely, "Wait until you
see the bananas I'm putting next to them in France.
