刚才正当我把车开出车库之时,被上了精彩的一课。
当我打开车库的门时,我吓坏了一只大蛾子。当它展开翅膀时,夹杂着其他颜色的褐色翅膀下露出了鲜红色的“尾巴”,它更像是一只蝴蝶,而不是蛾子。
它立即朝自己认为是出口的地方飞去,疯狂地想穿过圆顶窗上透明的密封玻璃逃出去。
为了帮它逃出去,我把车库的第三扇门打开。但这使它飞得越来越高,一头扎在一个蜘蛛网上。我担心它会一直被缠在蜘蛛网上,就找了一个长柄扫把帮它摆脱蜘蛛网。
摆脱了蜘蛛网,它就猛烈地搧动翅膀,撞到它认为是逃生之路的玻璃上,它仍然被困在车库里。
简单地把注意力转向另一面,它也许已经轻而易举地逃出去了,但是由于它的执迷不悟要从一个方面逃脱,它仍然身陷囹圄。
An Interview with God
I dreamed I had an interview with God
“So you would like to interview me?” God said
“If you have the time .” I said.
God smiled
“My time is eternity …..what question 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 lost 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 though had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine and we were silent for awhile.
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 get know 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 an here.”
“Always