Inspirational
Stories
An
Interview With God
With my newly
acquired title as a journalist, I decided to strike a high
note.
"Come in," God said to me, "so,
you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
He smiled and said: "My time is called
eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do
you have in mind to ask me?"
"None that are new to you. What's the
one thing that surprises you most about mankind?"
He 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..."
His hands took mine and we were silent. After
a long period, I said, "May I ask you another question?"
He replied with a smile.
"As a Father, what would you ask your children to do
for the new year?"
"To learn that they cannot make anyone
love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved."
"To learn that it takes years to build
trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.
"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. There will be others better or worse
than they are.
"To learn that a rich person is not one
who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
"To learn that they should control their
attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.
"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 show their
feelings.
"To learn that money can buy everything
but happiness.
"To learn that while at times they may
be entitled to be upset, that does not give them the right
to upset those around them.
"To learn that great dreams do not require
great wings, but a landing gear to achieve.
"To learn that true friends are scarce,
he/she who has found one has found a true treasure.
"To learn that it is not always enough
that they be forgiven by others, but that they forgive themselves.
"To learn that they are masters of what
they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.
"To learn that they shall reap what they
plant; if they plant gossip they will harvest intrigues, if
they plant love they will harvest happiness.
"To learn that true happiness is not
to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what
they already achieved.
"To learn that happiness is a decision.
They decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die
from envy and jealousy of what they lack.
"To learn that two people can look at
the same thing and see something totally different.
"To learn that those who are honest with
themselves without considering the consequences go far in
life.
"To learn that even though they may think
they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them,
they find the strength to appease the pain.
"To learn that by trying to hold on to
loved ones, they very quickly push them away; and by letting
go of those they love, they will be side by side forever."
- Author Unknown

Learn from Mistakes
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different
materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When
none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All
our work is in vain. We have learned nothing."
Edison replied very confidently,
"Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot.
We now that there are two thousand elements which we cannot
use to make a good light bulb."
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