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| I dreamed I had an interview with God. |
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| "Come in," God said. "So, you would like to interview Me?" |
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| "If you have the time," I said. |
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| God smiled and said, "My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?" |
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| "What surprises you most about mankind?" |
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| God answered: |
| - That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. |
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| - That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. |
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| - That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. |
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| - That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived. |
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| God's hands 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?" |
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| God replied with a smile: |
| - To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved. |
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| - To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives. |
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| - To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis! |
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| - To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least. |
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| - 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. |
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| - To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. |
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| - To learn that there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings. |
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| - To learn that money can buy everything but happiness. |
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| - To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally different. |
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| - To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them, and likes them anyway. |
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| - To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves." |
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| I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for His time and for all that He has done for me and my family, |
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| He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll answer." |
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| ~ author unknown ~ |
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