The Interview With God

I dreamed I had an interview with God…

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time,” I answered.

God smiled. “My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?” I asked.

God answered, “That they get bored with childhood and rush to grow up. Then they long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money trying 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 if 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?”

God answered, “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 wound in those we love and it can take a lifetime 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 us dearly but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn 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 would like your children to know?”

God smiled and said,” Just know that I am here – Always!”

My friend Maureen sent this to me today and I thought it was so beautiful that I wanted to share it.
Namaste.