An interview with God

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An interview with God

 

So you would like to interview me? God asked. If you

have the time, I said. God smiled, my time is

eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?

 

What surprises you most about humankind? God answered,

That they get bored with childhood, 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 will 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

answered... To learn that 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 have not yet learned 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.