I dreamed I had
an interview with GOD:
So, you would like
to interview me? GOD asked.
If You have time,
I said.
GOD smiled. "My
time is eternity... what questions do you have in mind for
me?"
What surprises
You the most about humankind?
GOD answered...
That they get bored
with childhood, that 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 would 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?"
God replied, "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 do not yet know
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."
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