interview with god

[Guest guest]

" Come in " God said. " So you would like to interview me? "

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" If you had the time? " I said.

God smiled and said, " My time is eternity and is not enough to do

everything. What question do you have in mind to ask me? "

 

" What surprises you most about mankind? " I asked.

 

God made a few points:

 

(1) That they get bored of being children, are in rush to grow up, and

then long to be children again.

(2) That they lose their health to make money and lose their money to

restore their health.

(3) That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the

present, such that they live neither for the present nor for the

future.

(4) That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they

had never lived.

(5) That when they suffer they ask, " why me? " When they prosper, they

never ask " Why me? " . Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but

few want to be on the side of the truth.

(6) That when they plan to get even with someone, they are only

letting that person continue to hurt them.

 

God " s hands took mine and we were silent for a while.

 

I then asked God, 'As a parent, what are some of life's lessons that I

need my children to learn?'

 

God replies with a smile,

 

(1) To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do

is to let themselves be loved.

(2) To learn that what is most valuable is not WHAT they have in their

lives, but WHO they have in their lives.

(3) To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. All

will be judged individually by their own merits, not as a group on a

comparison basis.

(4) To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but

is one who needs the least.

(5) 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.

(6) To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.

(7) To learn that there are persons who love them dearly, but simply

do not know how to express or show their feelings.

(8) To learn that money can buy everything but happiness and class.

(9) To learn that two people can look at same things and see it

totally different.

(10) To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about

them, and likes them anyway.

(11) To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by

others, but that they have to forgive themselves.

(12) To learn that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

(13) To learn that life is tough, but they are tougher

 

 

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With warm regards,

 

Lalita