與上帝面談 The Interview With God

與上帝面談，這是一個在網路上流傳已久的檔案，裏頭有許多很美的照片，顯示出神創造的奇妙，我真的鼓勵你到這個網頁去看看。今天再次看見它，仍然有很深地感動，因此我把它的内容記錄下來並譯成中文，讓讀中文的朋友們也能了解其中的意義。作者是這麼寫的：

我作了一個夢，在夢中我與上帝有一個面談。

「你想要採訪我嗎？」上帝問。
「如果你有時間的話。」我説。
上帝微笑了。「我的時間是永恒。。。你想問我什麼問題呢？」
「人類最讓你驚訝事情的是什麼？」
上帝回答：
「他們覺得童年無趣，急著要長大，然後又渴望回到童年。
他們因為追求財富而失去健康，然後又因想換回健康而失去金錢。
他們焦慮地想著未來卻忘了現在，因此他們既不活在現在，也不存在於未來。
他們過著似乎他們永遠不會死的生活，死時又彷彿他們從來沒活過。」

上帝伸出手握住我的，我們沉默了一會兒。

我接著又問：「身為一個父親，你希望你的子女們學到那些生命中的功課？」
「學習到他們無法使任何人來愛自己，他們唯一能做的是學習如何讓自己被愛。
學習到拿別人來與自己比較是不好的。
學習到只需幾秒鐘就可以深深地傷害自己所愛的人，卻可能需要花幾年的時間才能治癒這個傷痕。
學習到一個富有的人並不是因為他擁有最多，而是因為他需求最少。
學習到明白有些人深愛著他們，只是不知道如何表達他們的情感。
學習到兩個人雖然看著同樣的事情，卻可以有著不同的感受。
學習到光是原諒別人是不夠的，他們必須要能夠原諒自己。」

「謝謝你的時間。」 我謙恭地説。
「還有任何其他的事情你要你的孩子們知道的嗎？」
上帝微笑了。祂説。。。
「只要知道我在這裡。。。永遠不變。」

The Interview With God is something circulating on the Internet for a while. I really encourage you visit the website and take a look when you get a chance. It contains many magnificent photos which show the wondrous creation of God. I saw it today again and wanted to share it with you. The author said:

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 have never lived."

God’s hand took mine, and we were silence for a while.

And then I asked, “As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?” “To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved.
To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
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.
To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet 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 enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves."

“Thank you for your time,” I said humbly.
“Is there anything else you’d like your children to know?”
God smiled and said…
“Just know that I am here.” “Always.”