We need to stop. Just stop. Stop for a moment… Before anybody says or does anything that may hurt anyone else. We need to be silent. Just silent. Silent for a moment… Before we forever lose the blessing of songs that grow in our hearts. We need to notice. Just notice. Notice for a moment… Before the future slips away Into ashes and dust of humility. Stop, be silent, and notice… In so many ways, we are the same. Our differences are unique treasures. We have, we are, a mosaic of gifts. To nurture, to offer, to accept. We need to be. Just be. Be for a moment… Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting, Like children and lambs, Never judging or vengeful like the judging and vengeful. And now, let us pray, Differently, yet together, Before there is no earth, no life, No chance for peace. (written September 12, 2001)
© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (RIP 17th July 1990 to 22nd June 2004)
"People tell me I inspire them. And that inspires me. It's a beautiful circle, and we all go around together, with and for each other. What a gift." Mattie Stepanek
Every so often you read something and it hits you like a spade in the face. Watching Oprah for no particular reason and Mattie Stepanek appears. A young boy who in his short life showed what it is to have spiritual faith and live life even though he was wheelchair bound and knew he would never live a life as we ourselves demand and expect. Im not bible thumping here. I dont beleive in God as the church preaches it. I beleive in the goodness of humanity if only we would listen to the wisdom of lightworkers like Mattie.
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Profound thoughts mate.
Come and join us at The Church of the holy cabbage, where we would make you feel very welcome.
Now, lettuce pray.
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