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.
