Oh God
A very religious man lived right next door to an atheist. While the religious one
prayed day in, day out, and was constantly on his knees in communion with his Lord, the
atheist never even looked twice at a church.
The atheist's life was good: he had a well-paying job, a beautiful wife, and his children
were healthy and good-natured. The pious man's job was strenuous, his wages were low and
his wife and children ignored him every. So one day, deep in prayer as usual, he raised
his eyes towards heaven and asked, "Oh God, I honor you every day. I ask your advice
for every problem and confess to you my every sin. Yet my neighbor, who doesn't even
believe in you and certainly never prays, seems blessed with every happiness, while I go
poor and suffer many an indignity.
Why is this?" And a great voice was heard from above, "Because he does not
bother me all the time!"