“我與神的對話”Interview With God

I dreamed I had an interview with god.
我夢見我和神有了一次交談。

“So you would like to interview me?” god said.
“所以，你想和我交談？”神說。

“If you have the time,” I said.
“如果你有時間的話。”我回答道。

God smile: “ My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?”
神笑道：“我的時間是永遠。你有什麼問題要問我？”

“What surprise you most about humankind?”
“你對人類的什麼感到最為吃驚？”

God answered: “That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then they long to be children again.”
神回答道：“他們對孩童時期感到厭倦，於是匆忙地成長為成人，但後來他們卻又渴望成為孩子。”

“That they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“他們為了賺錢犧牲了健康，然後又為了恢復健康犧牲金錢。”

“That by thinking anxiety about future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”
“他們對未來焦慮，卻忘記了現在，因此他們既不活在現在，也不活在過去。”

“That they live as if they will never die, and die as though they had never lived.”
“他們活著仿佛他們從來不會死亡，他們死去仿佛他們從未活過。”

God hand took mine, and we were in silence for a while.
神拉著我的手，我們陷入了沉默。

And then I asked, “As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”
我又問道：“作為一個父親，您想要您的孩子吸取怎樣的生活的教訓呢？”

“To learn that they cannot make anyone love them, all they can do is to let themselves be loved.”
“要知道，他們不能讓所有的人都愛他們，他們唯一可做的，是讓他們自己值得被愛。”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”
“要知道，總是拿自己和別人相比並不是件好事。”

“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.”
“要通過練習寬恕別人而學會寬恕。”

“To learn that it only takes few seconds to open the profound wounds in those they love, but it may take many years to heal them.”
“要知道，只需要幾秒鐘的時間，你可以揭開你所愛的人內心深刻的傷疤，但卻可能需要很多年去治癒它們”

“To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”
“要知道，最富有的人，不是擁有最多的人，而是需要最少的人。”

“To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings.”
“要知道，有的人愛你們很深很深，但他們只是不知道如何表達自己的情感。”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing, and see it differently.”
“要知道，兩個人對於同一件事情有著不同的看法。”

“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”
“要知道，僅僅寬恕別人是不夠的，你們還需要學會寬恕自己。”

“Thank you for your time.” I said humbly.
“謝謝你的時間。”我謙卑地說。

“Is there anything else you’d like your children to know?”
“還有其他事情您想要您的孩子去學習嗎？”

God smiled and said …
神笑著說：

“Just know I am here, always.”
“只要知道，我在這裏，永遠。”