THE
INTERVIEW WITH GOD
I
dreamed I had an interview with God.
"So you would like to interview me?" God asked.
"If
you have the time" I said.
God
smiled. "My time is eternity."
"What
questions do you have in mind for me?"
"What
surprises you most about humankind?"
God
answered...
"That
they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and
then long to be children again."
"That
they lose their health to make money... and then lose
their money to restore their health."
"That
by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the
present, such that they live in neither the present nor
the future."
"That
they live as if they will never die, and die as though
they had never lived."
God's
hand took mine and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked...
"As
a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your
children to learn?"
"To
learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can
do is let themselves be loved."
"To
learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others."
"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness."
"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open
profound wounds in those they love, and it can take many
years to heal them."
"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the
most, but is one who needs the least."
"To learn that there are people who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned how to express or show
their feelings."
"To learn that two people can look at the same thing
and see it differently."
"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive
one another, but they must also forgive themselves."
"Thank
you for your time," I said humbly.
"Is
there anything else you would like your children to know?"
God
smiled and said,
"Just
know that I am here... always."
-
Author Unknown
