Nguyễn Mai Phương
(maiphuong)
Thành viên danh dự
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
_ “Come in” - God said.
_ “So, you’d like to interview Me?”
_ “If you have the time”, I said.
God smiled and said:
_ “My time is eternity and is enough to do everything. What questions do you have in mind to ask Me?”
_ “What surprises you most about mankind?”
God answered,
_ “That they get bored of being children, are in a 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.”
_ “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’ll never die and they die as if they had never lived.”
God’s hands took mine and we were silent for a while.
I then asked him:
_ “As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile,
_ “To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.”
_ “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 it’s not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis.”
_ “To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.”
_ “To learn to forgive by practising forgiveness.”
_ “To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express and show their feeling.”
_ “To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally different.”
_ “To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them and likes them anyway.”
_ “To learn that it’s not always enough that they are forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves.”
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for His time and for all that He has done for me and my family. He replied:
_ “Anytime. I’m here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I’ll answer.”
_ “I’ll always be there.”
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_ “Come in” - God said.
_ “So, you’d like to interview Me?”
_ “If you have the time”, I said.
God smiled and said:
_ “My time is eternity and is enough to do everything. What questions do you have in mind to ask Me?”
_ “What surprises you most about mankind?”
God answered,
_ “That they get bored of being children, are in a 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.”
_ “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’ll never die and they die as if they had never lived.”
God’s hands took mine and we were silent for a while.
I then asked him:
_ “As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile,
_ “To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.”
_ “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 it’s not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis.”
_ “To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.”
_ “To learn to forgive by practising forgiveness.”
_ “To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express and show their feeling.”
_ “To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally different.”
_ “To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them and likes them anyway.”
_ “To learn that it’s not always enough that they are forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves.”
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for His time and for all that He has done for me and my family. He replied:
_ “Anytime. I’m here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I’ll answer.”
_ “I’ll always be there.”
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