INTERVIEW WITH GOD.
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?”
“To learn 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 do not yet know 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’d like your children to
know?”
GOD smiled and said…
“Just know that I am here.”
“Always.”
