To remember each day ...

[Guest guest]

Interview With God

 

I dreamed I had an interview with God. " 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 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 differently. To learn that a true

friend is 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.