采访上帝

作者：佚名译者：顾犇

　　我在梦中见到了上帝。
　　上帝问道：“你想采访我吗？”
　　我说：“我很想采访你，但不知道你是否有时间。”
　　上帝笑道：“我的时间是永恒的。你有什么问题吗？”
　　“你感到人类最奇怪的是什么？”
　　上帝答道：
　　“他们厌倦于童年生活，急于长大，而后又渴望返老还童。
　　“他们牺牲自己的健康来换取金钱，然后又牺牲金钱来恢复健康。
　　“他们对未来充满忧虑，但却忘记了现在；于是，他们既不生活于现在之中，也不生活于未来之中。
　　“他们活着的时候好象从不会死去，但是死去以后又好象从未活过。……”
　　上帝握住我的手，我们沉默了片刻。
　　我问道：“作为长辈，你有什么生活经验想要告诉子女的？”
　　上帝笑着答道：
　　“他们应该知道不可能取悦于所有人。他们所能做的只是让自己被人所爱。
　　“他们应该知道，一生中最有价值的不是拥有什么东西，而是拥有什么人。
　　“他们应该知道，与他人攀比是不好的。
　　“他们应该知道，富有的人并不拥有最多，而是需要最少。
　　“他们应该知道，要在所爱的人身上造成深度的创伤只要几秒钟，但是治疗创伤则要化几年的时间。
　　“他们应该学会宽恕别人。
　　“他们应该知道，有些人在深深地爱着他们，但却不知道如何表达自己的感情。
　　“他们应该知道，金钱可以买到任何东西，但却买不到幸福。
　　“他们应该知道，两个人看同一个事物，会看出不同的东西。
　　“他们应该知道，得到别人的宽恕是不够的，他们也应当宽恕自己。
　　“他们应该知道，我始终存在。”

Interview with God

    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 to ask me?”
    "What surprises you most about humankind?..."
    GOD ANSWERED...
    "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 they die as if they had never lived.
    "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. "
    God's hands took mine and we were silent for 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 that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
    "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.
    "To learn that a rich person is not the 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 one loves, and that it may take 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 money can buy everything but HAPPINESS!!!!
    "To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it very differently.
    "To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they must also forgive themselves.
    "And to learn that I am here ? always." (Author Unknown)

《读者》(Reader)，2000年第6期（三月B，总227期），第12页

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