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. They live neither for the present nor the future. 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 a 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 people we love, and that it
takes many years to heal them.
To learn that there are people who 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
something totally different.
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
To learn that it is not always enough that they be
forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves."
I sat there 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 every day.
All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll answer."
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