January 18, 2005
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.
*note: Please Remember 107 riders heading to Wounded Knee, a Ride on horse back comemorating the massacre of their ancestors for a healing....(more riders came up from Pine Ridge, will be more like 300 in the end)....many are children....all praying for Peace, health for their people, strength for their children's children to survive the impending.....Remember they ride on x-mas day.....also Remember the Run to Mankato that is happening as well, commemorating the 38 that were hung x-mas eve....Remember every morning is started with a circle of prayer, "that there will be no more Wounded Knees throughout the world."