With my newly
acquired title as a journalist, I decided to strike a high
note.
Come in,
"God said to me, "so, you'd like to interview Me?
If you have the
time, "I said.
He smiled
through His beard 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?"
He answered:
"That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to
grow up, and then long to be called 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..."
His hand took
mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said,
"May I ask you another question?"
He replied with
a smile.
As a Father,
what would you ask your children to do for the new
year?"
"To learn
that they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can
do is to let themselves be loved.
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
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 one who needs
the least and shares the most.
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 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
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 to
be satisfied with what they already achieved.
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 love 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 prayer."
"Lesson
Not Learned Are Repeated"
