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I am glad to have a healthy life [message #10196]

Wed, 07 May 2003 02:27

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A poem by 11 year old Mattie J.T. Stepanek. It is amazing how somebody who has a terminal disease can still find the good things in life. I have not live long and still can not find the true meaning of life. Just take a second to read this and think about life.

For Our World
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 blessings 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 nuture, 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 the vengeful

And now let us pray
Differently, yet together
Before there is no Earth, no life
No chance for peace
Peace for our world...our world

An article i read about him:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/DailyNews/GMA/primetime_mattie_011227.html

		I am glad to have a healthy life By: Guest on Wed, 07 May 2003 02:27
		Damn I am impressed! That kid is a smart cookie By: thirdfencepost on Wed, 07 May 2003 03:58
		Re: I am glad to have a healthy life By: Guest on Wed, 07 May 2003 06:46
		A 15-year-old kid said this in the paper today... By: lenny on Wed, 07 May 2003 22:42

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