AN INTERVIEW WITH GODAN INTERVIEW WITH GOD

I dreamed I had an interview with GodI dreamed I had an interview with God““Come in ,” God “ So you would like to Come in ,” God “ So you would like to

interview me .interview me .““If you have time, “ I said.If you have time, “ I said.God smiled and said “ My time is eternity God smiled and said “ My time is eternity

it is enough to do every thing, What it is enough to do every thing, What questions you have in mind for me?”questions you have in mind for me?”

I asked , What surprises you most I asked , What surprises you most about mankind ?”about mankind ?”

God thought for a while and God thought for a while and answered answered

That they get bored of being That they get bored of being children are in rush to grow up children are in rush to grow up and then long to be children and then long to be children againagain

• That they loose their health to make That they loose their health to make money and lose their money to restore money and lose their money to restore their health their health

• That by thinking anxiously about the That by thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present , such that future they forget the present , such that they live neither for the present nor for the they live neither for the present nor for the future future

• That they live as if they will never die and That they live as if they will never die and they die as if they had never lived they die as if they had never lived

God placed my hands in his hands and we God placed my hands in his hands and we were silent for a while then I asked were silent for a while then I asked

““as a parent what are some of life’s lessons as a parent what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn “?you want your children to learn “?

God replied with a smile “ to learn that they God replied with a smile “ to learn that they cannot make any one love them what cannot make any one love them what they can do is to let themselves be loved” they can do is to let themselves be loved”

• To learn that what is most valuable is To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives but not what they have in their lives but whom they have in their lives whom they have in their lives

• To learn that it is not good to To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others all will compare themselves to others all will be judged individually on their own be judged individually on their own merits not as group on comparison merits not as group on comparison on basis on basis

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

• To learn that it only takes a few To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds of seconds to open profound wounds of dear ones we have and it takes years dear ones we have and it takes years to heal them.to heal them.

• To learn to forgive by practicing To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.forgiveness.

• To learn money can buy everything To learn money can buy everything but happinessbut happiness

• To learn that two people can look at To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally the same thing and see it totally differently. differently.

• To learn that true friend is some one To learn that true friend is some one who knows every thing about them who knows every thing about them and likes them anyway.and likes them anyway.

I sat there for a while I sat there for a while enjoying my visit with godenjoying my visit with god

I thanked him for this time and for all I thanked him for this time and for all that he has done for me and my that he has done for me and my family family

He replied “ any time I am here 24 He replied “ any time I am here 24 hours a day all you have to do is ask hours a day all you have to do is ask for me and I will answer.for me and I will answer.