Gabriel paced the floor lost in thought, as VP of Product Development he had been tasked by God, Chairman of the Board of Heaven Inc., to add some variety to the universe.
After three hundred years of relentless pacing, a germ of an idea began to take form in Gabriel’s mind, and then eureka, inspiration took hold and he arranged a meeting with Lucifer, CEO of Heaven Inc.
Lucifer listened patiently while Gabriel developed his idea of a brand new galaxy, inhabited by a new species that would be given free will to develop, with some guidance from God who would impart a little of his spirit of creation within them.
Lucifer liked the idea in principle but disliked the idea of free will and definitely hated the idea of endowing these new creatures with a creative spirit, but, he nevertheless agreed to bring the idea forward to God at the next Board meeting.
God liked the idea in its entirety as outlined by Gabriel, and overrode Lucifer’s objections to free will and creativity, it was that moment when Lucifer decided that God was not living up to his responsibilities as Chair of Heaven Inc. and he could do a much better job in his place.
He looked around the Board table for Angels he could gather to his side, but saw no supportive looks from either Michael, Jophiel, Raphael, Uriel, Samuel, or Sandalphon, and was on the verge of letting go of his dreams of a takeover when an idea occurred to him. (this has to be continued as I ran out of the required number of sentences)
My thanks to Nick, who blogs at Spira for his posts on Angels which gave me the inspiration for this six.
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i love the whole idea of the story. i understand Lucifer’s objections but it’s way better to have free will and the creative spirit. thanks for this piece, Len. much enjoyed. 😊❤️😄
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Great story-telling! Love the premise and you made excellent use of the six sentences. 😊
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Thanks, Abi, just trying to modernize an old, old story.
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You accomplished your goal. 🌷
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Good story so far, but far from the theologies of free will the thought popped into my mind ‘ how do we know the names of all these angels!
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An internet Angel told me.
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Len…the ink of your Heaven.Inc is great!
Do follow through the story. I hope the museofpromptword to be favorable.
(Thank you for the mention but you really didn’t need to…we all stand on the shoulders of past creations )
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Thanks, Nick, maybe Denise will receive divine inspiration.
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Love the corporate layout with Gabriel as VP of Product Development, the business as usual, matter-of-factness of it all made me smile more than once, Len. And the CEO’s “idea” to subvert free will and creativity to his own diabolical ends is made curious by how he’s going to sell it the Chair. Next installment please!
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Thanks for your kind words, Dora, happy to bring a smile to your day.
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Clever story and framework!
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Thanks, Brad. I’m always happy when you visit.
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You’re most welcome.
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To say the least, this story is inventive. I look forward to what happens next.
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Thanks for commenting, Christopher. Keep well, and keep your enlightening, encouraging, glorious poetry going.
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Thanks, Audrine. Lucifer is a little crafty, and always has an agenda.
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and i hope though his intentions aren’tgood, something positive always comes out of it. you should do a part 2, Len. we’re kinda hanging here 😆. we want more of the story.
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Oh heck, this can’t end well. I predict a falling out.
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You may very well be right.
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Nice retelling of the fall. I like how Lucifer objected to “free will and creativity”.
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Thanks, Frank. I didn’t want to fall too far from the truth.
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This is brilliant! I’m really looking forward to finding out what his idea is!
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Thanks, Keith. I don’t know the answer yet.
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Lucifer is not going to like this story, INWAY. Far too creative! Nice take.
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Ha, ha. I like that Jenne,
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Very clever.
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Thanks, Mimi.
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the original hostile takeover/revolt of the Board?
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Nick do have a way of bringing new life from ancient tales.
(Beware!! Beware!!* The path you’re stepping on is the Path of the Serial Six!!! It is fraught with…)
lol
Looking forward to your next installment!
*audible of your choosing
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The Serial Six, one up from the Famous Five, and two up from the Fab Four
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Lucifer in the sky may well end up as a soul proprietor. 😉 Very creative.
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There’s a song there somewhere, a parody of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. If the devil takes LSD, I wonder what would happen.
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This is the bit of backstory that Dante never shared with us!
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How would he have changed his story to incorporate modern times? Not much, I would think as people’s character never seems to change.
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I’m liking this story!!!!💜
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