Interview with God

Came across this email in my inbox from Alvin Fan :) I thought that the content is really inspiring and serves as an important reminder to us on how should we live our life :D

Interview With God
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled, “My time is eternity”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
I replied “What surprises you most about humankind?...”

God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood.
They 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 in neither
the present nor the future.”

"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as if they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine and we were silent for awhile.
And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”

God replied with a smile...

“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can do is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.”

“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 who love them dearly,
but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings.”

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

“To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others.
But that they must forgive themselves.”

“And to learn that I am here always.”

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thess 5:16-18

The bolded statements are those that've pierced my heart. I wonder, how many of us have actually surprised God? :)