i dreamed i had an interview with GOD

"so would you like to interview me?" GOD asked.

"if you have the time" I said.




GOD smiled.

"My time is eternity, what question 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 ...
then long to be children again."


"That they lose their health to make money,
and then lose their money to restore their health."


"That thinking anxiously of the future
they forget their 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 awhile


and then i asked




"As a parent, what are some of life's lesson you want your children to learn?"






"To learn that 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 the one who has the most,
but is one who needs 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 want your children to know?"







GOD smiled and said:







"Just know I am here."





"Always."