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?"
I asked, "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 that there are persons 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 it
totally differently.
To learn that a true
friend in someone who knows
everything about
them...and likes them
anyway.
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness,
and 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.
Then, 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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