Epilogue

Author's note: I didn't plan on doing this, but I just got home from a snowboarding trip and I realized something. When your snowboarding you never really get used to it, it never stops being a challenge. I think that it's a lot like life. You definitely improve, but you are never perfect. So here is my epilogue:

Joan watched as the doctor cut of her cast, making sure he sawed it where she had directed. Joan looked up at God as he concentrated on her leg. She waited for him to say something.

"All done." He gently slid the cast of her leg, careful not to destroy Adam's artwork.

"I thought I was really good, you know."

"I did not design you to be perfect." He replied, never moving his concentration.

"Isn't there an easier way to make me learn my lesson."

"I wanted you to realize that no matter how good at something you become, you are never as good as me."

"That's reassuring." Joan was confused. "What about Adam, he's good at art?"

"But can he create a world, a human, a blade of grass? Art is and will always be a challenge for him. It's what makes it beautiful and unique. Not everyone can paint a masterpiece or create the world. Only I get to do that."

"You're perfect. Don't you get bored?"

"That's why I have you. You are my masterpieces. You are greater than he stars I made. Have you ever seen a nova, Joan? They burst with color. I made them for you. Scientists look through a pitiful little telescope that took them thousands of years to create, and see some thing bigger than life itself that took me one word to make."

"How can people see those things and not believe?"

"They aren't looking with their souls. If they were, they would look at the core of the whirlpool galaxy and see some thing more than the "X factor." They would see what I really put in it. Instead, they see with their eyes, and their minds tell them that it just happened. They teach children that the world just happened. Do you know what that does? The child feels unimportant, and grows up to be that scientist that sees with his eyes. He feels like there is more to life, but he cannot see it because his soul is blind."

"Why don't you just let everyone see you, like I do?"

"You are not an artist. You are special in that you see me. You do not create a masterpiece. Your work, your challenge in life, is to make people see me, even when their souls are blind."

"How do I do that?"

"That is the challenging part." With that he handed Joan her cast and motioned towards the door. Leaving her with a God wave and a better understanding of life.

Author's note: If you haven't seen the whirlpool galaxy or even a nova, it's something you need to see. Search for the Hubble Spacecraft website. I know they have a picture of the whirlpool galaxy and its core. I think the title of the core is "X factor in the core of the whirlpool." I personally did not see and X. Also look at some of the novas, they are amazing.