If This Little Piggy Could Talk

Some years ago, while living in Poland on a strict diet of pork and starch, I had a very compelling dream. In it I was kneeling across from a large pig, who was sitting on its haunches facing me. We stared in each others eyes for some time. After a while I began to notice that this particular pig was radiating beatific peace and benevolence. It remained physically the same but also became more and more beautiful with each passing moment. I realized all of a sudden, that this pig was Jesus. I began to weep and so did he.

Jesus the Pig looked at me with concern and sympathy clouding his earnest eyes and asked “Why are you crying?” Although my heart was wrenched with pain I somehow managed to reply “Because I’m so sorry that we eat you.” Seeing this heavenly pig cry made my suffering more intense and because I wanted to be able to comfort him I asked “Why are you crying?” He looked at me with such tenderness and replied “I’m crying for you because you’re human.”

Then I awoke and although life continued on in the same way that it always does, I realized that I had been granted an insight into the true dynamics of life on this earth.