I dreamed I had an Interview with god
So you would like to Interview me? “God asked”
If you have the time “I said”
What questions do you have in mind for me
What surprises you most about humankind
That they get bored with childhood
They 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
By thinking anxiously about the future That
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 the creator of people what are some of life’s lessons you want them to learn?
God replied with a smile
To learn they cannot make anyone love them
What they can do is let themselves be loved
learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others
To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most
But is one who needs the least
To learn that it takes only a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love
And it takes many years to heal them
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness
To learn that there are persons who love them dearly
But simply do not 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 always enough that they are forgiven by others
They must forgive themselves
And to learn that I am here
Always
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