I dreamt 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 a 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 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 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 a while 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.

 

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