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 humankind

Go 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 

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 a while 

And then I asked

As the creator of people what are some of life"s lessons you want them 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 takes only a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love 

And 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 are forgiven by others 

They must forgive themselves 

And to learn that I am here 

Always