Subject：採訪上帝…

上帝問道：「你想採訪我嗎？」
我說：「我很想採訪你，但不知道你是否有時間？」
上帝笑道：「我的時間是永恆的，你有什麼問題嗎？」我說：「你感到人類最奇怪的是什麼？」

上帝答道…

「他們厭倦童年生活，急於長大，而後又渴望返老還童。」
「他們犧牲自己的健康來換取金錢，然後又犧牲金錢來恢復健康。」
「他們對未來充滿憂慮，但卻忘記現在；於是，他們既不生活於現在之中，又不生活於未來之中。」
「他們活著的時候好像永不會死去，但死去以後又好像從未活過。」

上帝握住我的手，我們沉默了片刻。我又問道：「作為長輩，你有什麼經驗想要告訴子女的？」

上帝笑道…

「他們應該知道不可能取悅於所有人，他們所能做到的只是讓自己被人所愛。」
「他們應該知道，一生中最有價值的不是擁有什麼東西，而是擁有什麼人。」
「他們應該知道，與他人攀比是不好的。他們應該知道，富有的人並不擁有最多，而是需要最少。」
「他們應該知道，要在所愛的人身上造成深度創傷只要幾秒鐘，但是治療創傷則要花上幾年時間。」
「他們應該學會寬恕別人。」
「他們應該知道，有些人深深的愛著他們但卻不知道如何表達自己的感情。」
「他們應該知道金錢可以買到任何東西，卻買不到幸福。」
「他們應該知道，得到別人的寬恕是不夠的，他們也應當寬恕自己。」

「他們應該知道，我始終存在。」

Interview With God_Chinese Version. Translated by Aaron and Jean Heidel

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?”

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 a 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 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 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.”

8/9/2006