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?"
What surprises you most about human kind?
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 trough they had never lived.
Gods hand took mine and we were silent for awhile
And than I asked:
As a parent, what are some of life's lessons
You want your children to learn?
To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
All they can do is let themselves be loved.
To learn that it is not good to compare
themselves to others.
To learn to forgive by
practicing forgiveness.
To learn that it only takes a few seconds to
open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.
To learn that a rich person is not one who has
the most, but is one who needs the least.
To learn that there are people who love them dearly,
but simply do not yet 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 enough that they forgive one another,
but they must also forgive themselves.
Thank you for your time! - I said humbly.
Is there anything else you'd like your chidren to know?
God smiled and said
Just know that I am here..always.