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Interview with God
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
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God asked.
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¡°So you would like to interview me?¡±
¡°±×·¡, ³ª¸¦ ÀÎÅͺäÇÏ°í ½Í´Ù±¸?¡±
¡°If you have the time, ¡± I said.
¡°¿¹, ½Ã°£ÀÌ Çã¶ôÇϽŴٸé¿ä.¡±
God smiled..
ÇÏ´À´ÔÀº ¹Ì¼Ò ÁöÀ¸¼Ì´Ù.
¡°My time is eternity¡¦
what questions do you have in mind for me?¡±
¡°³» ½Ã°£Àº ¿µ¿øÀ̴϶ó¡¦
¹» ¹¯°í ½ÍÀ¸³Ä?¡±
¡°What surprises you most about humankind?¡±
¡°Àΰ£¿¡°Ô¼ °¡Àå ³î¶ø°Ô ¿©±â½Ã´Â Á¡Àº ¾î¶² °ÍµéÀ̼¼¿ä?¡±
God answered¡¦
ÇÏ´À´Ô²²¼ ´ë´äÇϽñ⸦,
¡°That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up,
and then long to be children again.¡±
¡°¾î¸° ½ÃÀýÀÌ Áö·çÇÏ´Ù°í ¾È´ÞÇÏ¸ç ¼µÑ·¯ ¾î¸¥ÀÌ µÇ·Á´Â °Í,
±×¸®°í ¾î¸¥ÀÌ µÇ¸é ´Ù½Ã ¾î¸°¾Ö·Î µ¹¾Æ°¡°í ½Í¾î ÇÏ´Â °Í.¡±
¡°That they lose their health to make money¡¦
and then lose their money to restore their health.¡±
¡°µ·À» ¹ú±â À§ÇØ °Ç°À» ÇØÄ¡°í ³ª¼´Â,
ÀÒ¾î¹ö¸° °Ç°À» µÇã±â À§ÇØ ¹ø µ·À» ´Ù ½á¹ö¸®´Â °Í.¡±
¡°That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither the present nor the future.¡±
¡°¹Ì·¡¿¡¸¸ ÁýÂøÇÏ´À¶ó ÇöÀ縦 Àؾî¹ö¸®°í
°á±¹ ÇöÀç¿¡µµ ¹Ì·¡¿¡µµ »ìÁö ¸øÇÏ´Â °Í.¡±
¡°That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.¡±
¡°°áÄÚ ¿µ¿øÅä·Ï Á×Áö ¾ÊÀ» °Í ó·³ »ì´Ù°¡´Â,
¸¶Ä§³»´Â ÇÏ·çµµ ¸ø »ì¾Æº» Á¸Àçó·³
¹«ÀǹÌÇÏ°Ô Á׾´Â °Í.¡±µé À̶õ´Ù.
God¡¯s hand took mine,
and we were silent for a while.
ÇÏ´À´ÔÀº ³» ¼ÕÀ» ÀâÀ¸¼Ì´Ù.
±×·¸°Ô Çѵ¿¾È ¸»ÀÌ ¾ø¾ú´Ù.
And then I asked,
³»°¡ ´Ù½Ã ¿©ÂÞ¾ú´Ù.
¡°As a parent, what are some of life¡¯s
lessons you want your children to learn?¡±
¡°ÀúÈñµéÀÇ ¾î¹öÀ̷μ ´ç½ÅÀÇ ÀÚ³àµé¿¡°Ô ÁÙ
±³ÈÆÀº ¾î¶² °ÍµéÀÌ ÀÖ³ª¿ä?¡±!
¡°To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
All they can do is let themselves be loved.¡±
¡°´©±º°¡ ¾ïÁö·Î ³ÊÈñ¸¦ »ç¶ûÇÏ°Ô ÇÒ ¼ö´Â ¾øÀ¸´Ï
¿ÀÁ÷ ½º½º·Î »ç¶û ¹Þ´Â Á¸Àç°¡ µÇ´Â ¼ö ¹Û¿£ ¾ø´Ù´Â
»ç½ÇÀ» ¹è¿ö¾ß ÇÏ´À´Ï¶ó¡¦
¡°To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.¡±
³²°ú ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ºñ±³ÇÏ´Â ÀÏÀº ÁÁÁö ¸øÇϸç,
¡°To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.¡±
¡°¿ë¼¸¦ ½ÇõÇÔÀ¸·Î½á ¿ë¼ÇÏ´Â ¹ýÀ» ¹è¿ì±â¸¦.¡±
¡°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.¡±
¡°»ç¶ûÇÏ´Â »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô »óó¸¦ Áִµ¥´Â
´Ü ¸î Ãʹۿ¡ °É¸®Áö ¾ÊÁö¸¸,
±× »óó¸¦ Ä¡À¯ÇÏ´Â µ¥´Â ¿©·¯ ÇØ°¡ °É¸± ¼öµµ ÀÖ´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀ».¡±
¡°To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.¡±
¡°°¡Àå ¸¹ÀÌ °¡Áø ÀÚ°¡ ºÎÀÚ°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó,
´õ ÀÌ»ó ÇÊ¿äÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ¾ø´Â »ç¶÷ÀÌ ÁøÁ¤ÇÑ ºÎÀÚ¶ó´Â °ÍÀ».¡±
¡°To learn that there are people who love them dearly,
but simply do not yet know how to express or
show their feelings.¡±
¡°»ç¶÷µéÀº ¼·Î¸¦ ±ØÁøÈ÷ »ç¶ûÇϸ鼵µ,
´ÜÁö ¾ÆÁ÷µµ ±× »ç¶ûÀ» Ç¥ÇöÇÏ´Â ¹æ¹ýÀ»
¸ð¸£°í ÀÖÀ» »ÓÀ̶ó´Â »ç½ÇÀ»¡¦¡±
¡°To learn that two people can look at the same thing
and see it differently.¡±
¡°µÎ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¶È°°Àº °ÍÀ» ¹Ù¶óº¸¸é¼µµ
±×°ÍÀ» ¼·Î ´Ù¸£°Ô º¼ ¼öµµ ÀÖ´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀ».¡±
¡°To learn that it is not enough
that they forgive one another,
but they must also forgive themselves.¡±
¼·Î ¿ë¼ÇÏ´Â °Í¸¸À¸·Î´Â ºÎÁ·ÇÏ´Ï,
³ÊÈñ ½º½º·Î¸¦ ¿ë¼ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â
»ç½ÇÀ» ¾Ë¾Æ¾ß ÇÏ´À´Ï¶ó¡¦¡±
¡°Thank you for your time, ¡± I said humbly,
¡°is there anything else you¡¯d like
your children to know?¡±
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±× ¹Û¿¡ ¶Ç µé·ÁÁÖ½Ç ¸»¾¸Àº¿ä?¡±
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