… Interview with God
I dreamed I had an
interview with God. God
asked,
“So you would like to interview me?” “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.”
Submitted by Rose White
