Spirit Dream
I dreamed I had an interview with The Great Spirit.
"Come in," Spirit said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
Spirit smiled and said, "My time is eternity
and is enough to do everything;
what questions do you have in mind to ask
me?"
"What surprises you most about mankind?"
Spirit answered;
"-That they get bored of 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."
The Great Spirit's hands took mine and we were silent for a while and then
I asked,
"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons
that children should learn?"
Spirit 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 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 we love, and that it takes
many years to heal them.
-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 two people can look at the same
thing and see it totally
different.
-To learn that it is not always enough that
they be forgiven by others,
but that they have to forgive themselves."
I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment.
I thanked Him for His time
and for all that He has done for me and my
family.
He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day.
All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll
answer."
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People will forget what you said. People will
forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made
them feel.