a high note.
"Come in," God said to me, "so, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
He smiled 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 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 hands 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 it 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 is
one who needs the least.
"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 that while 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 it is not always enough that they be forgiven by
others, but that they forgive themselves.
"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 loved ones, they very
quickly push them away; and by letting go of those they love,
they will be side by side forever."
-- Author Unknown
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