When God was creating a woman, he was working late on the 6th day. An angel came by and asked, ”Why spend so much time on her?”
The Lord answered, “Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?
She must be easy to wash, but cannot be made of plastic. She must have more than 200 moving parts and at the same time she must be able to move gracefully. She must be able to heal herself when she is ill. She must be able to work 18 hours a day. She has to have only two arms, but at the same time she has to be able to hug several children at once, and hug them in such a way that any pain, whether it is an injured knee or a soul, will immediately go away.”
The Angel was impressed, “Is this a standard model? After all, this is impossible! Too much work for one day. Put it off for later.”
“No,” said the Lord, “I will finish her today and she will be my beloved.”
The Angel came closer and touched the woman. “But you have made her so soft, Lord.”
“She is soft,” said the Lord, “but I have made her strong; you can’t imagine what she can endure and overcome.”
“Can she think?” the Angel asked.
The Lord answered, “Not only can she think; she can also reason and negotiate.”
The Angel touched her cheeks, “Lord, it seems this creation is leaking.”
“She is not leaking, it is a tear,” the Lord corrected the Angel.
“What is it for?” asked the Angel.
The Lord said, “Tears are her way of expressing her grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.”
This made a big impression on the Angel. “Lord, you are a genius, you thought of everything. A woman is indeed marvellous!”
The Lord agreed, “Truly she is. She has the strength to amaze a man. She is laughing when she wants to cry. She smiles when she feels like screaming. She helps others when she herself needs help. Her gaze alone is able to do something that is beyond the power of a man…”
The Angel could not utter a word and stared in amazement.
Then the Lord sighed, “But there is one thing about her, one flaw. A flaw that can ruin a woman’s life if she doesn’t fix it herself.”
“What flaw is this?” asked the Angel.
“She doesn’t know how much she is worth,” God replied.
(author unknown)