For Our World by Mattie Stepanek 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. Mattie J.T. Stepanek © September 11, 2001 Hope Through Heartsongs Hyperion, 2002 Just Peace: A Message of Hope Andrews McMeel, 2006 Mattie Stepanek was 11 years old when he wrote this poem on the day of 9-11.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 02:34:17 +0000
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