Frank Fetzko Jr.

Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: FW: The Interview

> This is deep
>
> << I dreamed I had an interview with God.
> >
> >"Come in," God said. "So, you would 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 will never die,
> >and they die as if they had never lived..."
> >
> >God's hands took mine and we were silent for while 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 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 is 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 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 express or show their feelings.
> >
> >To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
> >
> > 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 is not always enough
> >that they be forgiven by others,
> >but that they have to forgive themselves."
> >
> >I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment.
> >I thanked Him for his time and for all that
> >He has done for me and my family,
> >and He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is
> ask for me, and I'll answer."
> >
> > >>People will forget what you said.
> > >>People will forget what you did,
> > >>but people will never forget
> > >>how you made them feel.
> > >>
> > >> --Unknown >>
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