Interview With God

In a dream, I had an interview with God.
"Come in," God said to me,
"So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.

God smiled and said: "My time is
called eternity and is enough to do
everything. What questions do you
have in mind to ask me?"

"None that are new to you. What's
the one thing that 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.
After a long period, I said, "May I ask you
another question?"

"As a Parent, what would you ask your
children to do?" God replied with a smile:

"To learn that they cannot make anyone love
them. What is important is who they love."

"To learn that it takes years to build trust,
and a few seconds to destroy it."

"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. There will be
others better or worse than they are."

"To learn that a rich person is not one
who has the most, but is one who
needs the least."

"To learn that they should control their
attitudes, otherwise their attitudes
will control them."

"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 show their feelings."

"To learn that money can buy
everything but happiness."

"To learn that while at times they may be
entitled to be upset, that does not give them
the right to upset those around them."

"To learn that great dreams do not require
great wings, but a landing gear to achieve."

"To learn that true friends are scarce, he/she
who has found one has found a true treasure."

"To learn that it is not always enough
that they be forgiven by others, but that
they forgive themselves."

"To learn that they are masters of what they
keep to themselves and slaves of what
they say."

"To learn that they shall reap what they plant;
if they plant gossip they will harvest intrigues,
if they plant love they will harvest happiness."

"To learn that true happiness is not to
achieve their goals but to learn who they
are through striving towards them."

"To learn that happiness is a decision.
They decide to be happy with what they
are and have, or die from envy and
jealousy of what they lack."

"To learn that two people can look at
the same thing and see something
totally different."

"To learn that those who are honest
with themselves without considering
the consequences go far in life."

"To learn that even though they may
think they have nothing to give, when
a friend cries with them, they find the
strength to appease the pain."

"To learn that by trying to hold on to loved
ones, they very quickly push them away;
and by letting go of those they love, they
will be side by side forever."

"To learn that even though the word
"love" has many different meanings,
it loses value when it is overstated."

"To learn that they can never do
something extraordinary for Me to
love them;I simply do."

"To learn that the shortest distance
they could be from Me is the distance
of a prayer."