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
be judged 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 a while 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."
People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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