Interview
With God
I dreamed I had an
interview with God.
"Come in," God said. "So, you would like to
interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
God smiled and said: "My time is eternity and is
enough to do everything; what questions do you
have in mind to ask me?"
"What surprises you most about mankind?"
God answered:
"That they get bored of being children, are in a
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 neither for the present nor
the future.
That they live as if they
will never die, and they die as if they had
never lived..."
God's hands took mine and we were silent for
while and then I asked...
"As a
parent, what are some of life's lessons you want
your children to learn?"
God replied with a smile:
"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can do is to let themselves be
loved.
To learn that what is most valuable is not what
they have in their lives, but who they have in
their lives.
To learn that it is not good to compare
themselves to others. All will bejudged
individually on their own merits, not as a group
on a comparison basis!
To learn that a rich person is not the one who
has the most, but is one who needs the
least.
To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open
profound wounds in persons we love, and that it
takes many years to heal them.
To learn to forgive by practicing
forgiveness.
To learn that there are persons that love them
dearly, but simply do not know how to express or
show their feelings.
To learn that money can buy everything but
happiness.
To learn that two people can look at the same
thing and see it totally different.
To learn that a true friend in someone who knows
everything about them...and likes them
anyway.
To learn that it is not always enough that they
be forgiven by others, but that they have to
forgive themselves."
I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment. I
thanked Him for his time and for all that He has
done for me and my family, and He
replied,
"Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day. All you have
to do is ask for me, and
I'll answer."
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