there's a need for god-speed.
it's 4 days before the first paper comes creeping up on us..so good luck to everyone! (:
I'd like to share a poem with all of you, no, it ain't something from me, but rather this kid called Mattie J.T. Stepanek. I've shared this before, and I will share it over and over again.
I've read his poems many times before, just to remind myself never to let things get to me. But lately, I ignored the little book (which is actually in a CD) and went on in the course of the last year up till today, thinking the world owes me something.
"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 nurture, to offer, to accept
We need to be, just be
Be for a moment
Kind of 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.
--
Maybe we've all lost sight of ourselves, and let so many troubles get to us.
or rather, I let the troubles get to me.
I didn't have a peace in my mind, nor my soul.
It's just been empty, yet vengeful;
vengeful and hating so many things around me..
which I have took for granted over and over again.
Before listening to, or rather, reading those words, I've never felt about actually having a piece of me being in a peaceful state of mind and soul.
And after reading the words over and over again, I decided to listen to the song.. the words put into a lyrical tune.. trust me, it just calms your nerves down so much more. Or at least it did to me.
In conclusion, I apologise to my many classmates whom i might have wrongfully hated, accused or mis-treated.
that's as far as we'll get in getting me to apologise. hahas...
:P
anyway, hopefully, you get a strong enough message from that poem itself because I do feel that it has a powerful message in it. (dammit, i'm starting to sound so christian-ish when i'm supposed to be a buddhist. and NO, i'm not going to convert.)
hahas.. so yeah, enjoy it.. and if you'd like, i could send you the song.
good luck for the exams then, everyone! (:
toodles!
posted by anj @ 23:49
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