"An
Interview With God"
Found
on The Internet
"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, 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 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 persons we
love, and that it takes many years to heal
them.
To learn to forgive by practicing
forgiveness. To learn that there are persons that 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 different. To learn that a true friend in someone
who knows everything about them...and
likes them anyway.
To learn 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. 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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