INTERVIEW WITH GOD-1

I dreamed I had 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?”

“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.”