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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 it takes years to
build trust, and a few
seconds to destroy it. 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
acomparison 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
is someone who knows
everything about them...and
loves 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".
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