The interview with GOD.

Wonder not why I was pulled away from my beautiful dream. It was a message tone that actually did away my idea of sleep.[Cell phones – they have become such an indispensable commodity] Semi clad in my drowsy state, I groped my hand to get my cell phone. Anyhow I managed to pull it up to realize it was a sms from guriya, a friend of mine which read “Dude m leaving for Bangalore. In the train and my tickets not confirmed :( ” The use of that brisk smiley/emoticon left me with a smile on my face. Guriya has been one person who  knew the best use of smileys.  “What the hell?” I grumbled to myself. I buzzed her to know if she was well and at least managed to acquaint herself with a seat. It’s just 5-6 hrs journey from Chennai to Bangalore but then you need someplace to rest your butt in. Seemed like she had a place to sit. With complacency in my soul, it was time for some serious thinking. “7:20 am God, it’s been days I woke up at this time; what the hell should I do”. The nihility of any valid and resurrecting actions forced me to log on to my Gmail account. Taking into the account my 256kbps bandwidth I thought I had enough time to actually look for my specs; and by the time Gmail would have been successfully cached to my system.

“Interview with GOD” – “what’s that”, I thought. gazing at the only unread mail. I could see an URL redirecting to an embedded flash content which said “this is gonna be inspiring”. I forwarded it to most of the people figuring out in my Gmail contact list. “Man this is awe-inspiring. This has to be on my blog roll”, the thought was so lifelike I could barely elude the idea. All credits to aman for forwarding this masterpiece to me.

The a/v read as follows -

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 question you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about mankind?”, i asked.

GOD answered –

“They get bored with childhood ... they rush to grow up and long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money and 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 lived as if they will never die and die as though they had never lived”

GOD’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while and then I asked, “As a parent what are some of the life’s lesson you want your children to learn?”

GOD replied –

“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 with others”

“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness”

“To learn that it 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 who has the most but is the one who needs the least”

“To learn that there are people who love them dearly but simply do not yet know how to express/show their feelings”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing but still see differently”

“To learn that it’s not enough that they forgive one another but they must forgive themselves too”

“Thank you for your time ,” I said humbly “Is there anything else you would like your children to know?”

GOD smiled and said, “Just know that I am here” ................................    “ALWAYS”