我们可以不信上帝，但是当中的对话却意味深长。

an interview with GOD

-----我们可以不信上帝，但是当中的对话却意味深长。
I dreamed I had an interview with GOD
我梦见自己与上帝面谈。
"So you would like to interview me?" GOD asked.
“你想和我谈谈？”上帝问。

"If you have the time," I said.
“如果你有时间的话，”我说。

GOD smiled, "My time is eternity... What questions do you have in mind for me?"
上帝笑着说：“我的时间就是永恒...... 你心里有什么疑问想问我吗？”

"What surprised you most about humankind?"
“人类最让你吃惊的是什么？”

GOD answered, "That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and them long to be children again."
上帝回答说“他们厌倦了童年，所以急着长大；然后又向往回到童年。”

"That they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health."
“他们牺牲健康以赚取金钱，然后又花大量的金钱想恢复健康。”

"That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future."
“因为迫切想知道将来，他们忘了现在。因此，他们既不活在现在，也不在将来。”

"That they live as if they will never die, and die as though they had never lived."
“活着的时候，就像自己永远都不会死亡。死亡的时候，就像从来没有活在这世上一样。”

GOD‘s hand took mine and we were silent for awhile.
上帝拉着我的手，我们沉默了一会儿。

And then I asked, "As a parent, what are some of life‘s lessons you want your children to learn?"
然后我又问：“那么现在，您想让您的孩子们明白哪些人生的道理呢？”

"To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved."
“他们要明白，无法让所有人都爱他们。唯一能做的是让自己被爱。”

"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others."
“要明白，不要拿自己和别人比较。”

"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness."
“要以宽仁的心去原谅。”

"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal them."
“要明白，只需几秒钟就可以触痛爱人的伤口，却要很长的时间才能使之愈合。”

"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least."
“要明白富有的人并不是拥有最多的人，而是索取最少的那个。”

"To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings."
“要坚信，世上一定有一个深爱自己的人，只不过还不知道如何表达出来。”

"To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently."
“要明白，同一件事情在两个人的眼中可能截然不同。”

"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves."
“要明白，仅仅互相原谅使不够的，还要学会宽恕自己。”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly, "Is there anything else you‘d like your children to know?"
“谢谢您，”我谦恭地说，“还有没有别的呢？”

God smiled and said, "Just know that I am here." "Always."
上帝微笑着说：“相信我在那里。”
“永远”