~~~ The Interview ~~~

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 awhile 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 whatthey 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 judge
individually on their own merits, not as a
group on a comparison basis!

To learn that a rich person in 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 the 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."

~~~ Author Unknown ~~~

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