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(轉) THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD

THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD   与上帝的一次会晤

I dreamed I had an interview with God.   我梦见我有一次和上帝会晤。 

so you would like to interview me??God asked.   上帝问：“你想访问我吗？” 

if you have the time?I said.    我说：“是的，如果您有时间的话？”

God smiled. my time is eternity.    上帝微笑着说：“我的时间是永恒无尽的。
what questions do you have in mind for me?    你有什么问题想问我呢？”

what surprises you most about humankind?  “您觉得人类最使你惊讶的地方是什么？”
God answered...    上帝回答...

that they get bored with childhood,    “ 他们对童年不感兴趣，
they rush to grow up, and then   他们急着长大，然后又
long to be children again.   渴望再次成为孩子。

that they lose their health to make money...   他们不顾健康的赚钱...
and then lose their money to restore their health.   然后又不顾金钱的赎回健康。

that by thinking anxiously about the future,   他们会因为对未来的不安
they forget the present,   而忘记现在，
such that they live in neither   因此他们既不能生活在现在
the present nor the future.   也不能生活在将来。

That they live as if they will never die,    在世的时候，他们以为自己会永远不死
and die as though they had never lived.    但在死后却像从来没有在这个世界生存过。”
God's hand took mine   上帝用他的手牵着我
and we were silent for a while.   我们沉默了一会。

And then I asked...    然后我问：“...
as a parent, what are some of life's lessons    作为我们的父母，您觉得人生有什么地方
you want your children to learn?   是您的孩子应该学习的呢？”

to learn they cannot make anyone    “他们应知道他们不能使任何人
love them. All they can do    爱上他们。他们能做的是
is let themselves be loved.    要让自己学会被爱。

to learn that it is not good  应学会拿自己和
to compare themselves to others.   别人比较是不对的。

to learn to forgive   应該要学会
by practicing forgiveness.    宽恕和原谅。

to learn that it only takes a few seconds   应知道只需几秒的时间就能
to open profound wounds in those they love,   触碰到他们所爱的人深埋的伤口，
and it can take many years to heal them.   但是却要花多年的时间去让那些伤口愈合。 

to learn that a rich person   应知道富有的人
is not one who has the most,   不拥有一切， 

but is one who needs the least. 他们只是需要最少的人。

to learn that there are people   应知道有人
who love them dearly,   在遠處偷偷的深爱著他们，
but simply have not yet learned   只是还没有学会
how to express or show their feelings.   正确的表达他们情感。”

to learn that two people can   应洞悉不同的人会对
look at the same thing   同一件事务
and see it differently.   有不同的看法。
to learn that it is not enough that they   应学会在原谅他人的同时
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves. 不要忘记原谅自己。”
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.   “非常感谢您的宝贵时间。” 我谦卑的说。

"Is there anything else    “还有什么其他事情
you would like your children to know?"   是您想要您的孩子知道的吗？”

God smiled and said,   上帝再次微笑着说：“
just know that I am here... always.? 希望你们知道我在这儿...一直在这儿。”