God Answers....!!

“Come in,” God said to me. “So, you would like to interview Me?”

"If you have the time,” I said.

God 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?”

God answered:
”That they get bored 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.
After a long period, I said, “May I ask you another question? As a parent, what would you ask your children to do?”

God replied with a smile:”
To learn that they cannot make anyone love them.
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 landing gear to achieve.
To learn that true friends are scarce.
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.
To learn that even though the word “love” has many different meanings, it loses value when it is overstated.
To learn that they can never do something extraordinary for Me to love them; I simply do.
To learn that the shortest distance they could be from Me is the distance of a prayer.”

If Only.......

If only we could see within,
If only we could fight our past,
If only we could control our sin,
This world would be a better place.
If only we could love another,
If only we could share our thoughts,
If only we could help each other,
This world would be a better place.
If only we were sober for a while,
And take out time to heal our hearts,
If only we could mend our style,
This world would be a better place.
If only we could feel the pain,
And if we could see beyond,
If only we could love again,
This world would be a better place.
If only we could shake our hands,
Without such greed in our eyes,
If only we could understand,
This world would be a better place.
If only we could live again,
And if we could be more human,
If only we stop being insane,
This world would be a better place.

Generate Love.......

“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Psalm 39:4-5

With the beginning of the New Year, I realized that I never quite understood the paradoxical capacity contained in life, that is the brevity of each individual life despite the permanence of the effect that each could have on another.

We must ensure that while we celebrate the goodness of God, we do not neglect the purpose of God. Recognize that God’s intention is to use us as vessels for good. Not simply to do good, but to generate good, to lead others to good.

We live each day under the illusion that we have an endless amount of time to make the impact God designed us to make. This state of mind is compacted by our susceptibility of focusing on ourselves: our own problems, our own regrets, and our own past. We are consumed with trying to be loved instead of loving others and waste our time trying to control things we can’t control.

We must understand that our actions are not isolated events; rather, they are given meaning through the ripples they inevitably generate. So I ask myself, why do we choose to live under the ignorant impression that our actions are any less dynamic?

We have lost confidence in the power of influence, and because of this, we have lost the beauty of its art.
Live in 2010 with the awareness that your days are numbered. My resolution for the New Year is simple, but powerful. Abandon selfishness. Love others. Give sense to existence by giving to someone else. Don’t just live each day as if it were your last; live it realizing that it is someone else’s beginning. A life touched by God always ends in touching others.

“If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.”
~Emily Dickinson, “If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking”