Future Reminiscing
It is good
To have a past
That is pleasant
To reflect upon.
Take care
To create
Such a gift
For your future.
December 25, 2000
© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek
http://www.mattieonline.com/about.htm
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Another Poem by this amazing boy Mattie
Future Reminiscing
It is good
To have a past
That is pleasant
To reflect upon.
Take care
To create
Such a gift
For your future.
December 25, 2000
© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek
http://www.mattieonline.com/about.htm
Sunday, March 13, 2011
This poem is by a 10 year old kid, who died because of a rare genetic form of muscular dystropy, is inspiring!
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.
September 11, 2001
© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek
P.S.
I am reading more about this truly amazing boy Mattie; I heard one of his recorded interviews today on the radio and was truly moved. Hope it does for you too.
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.
September 11, 2001
© Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek
P.S.
I am reading more about this truly amazing boy Mattie; I heard one of his recorded interviews today on the radio and was truly moved. Hope it does for you too.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Time for a riddle!
Not a word is spoken, but everyone understands,
No one hears, but they communicate...
What can it be?
Answer: TJHO MBOHVBHF
(Clue: Put together one letter preceding each letter in the answer for the right answer.)
No one hears, but they communicate...
What can it be?
Answer: TJHO MBOHVBHF
(Clue: Put together one letter preceding each letter in the answer for the right answer.)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Is there an Adam and Eve in your family?
Normally indulgence is self driven. But sometimes its driven by others. Especially in a family, if its another person who lead you to indulge, it is the spouse. When we fall in a trap - sin trap, there is always a reason or a person behind it. It may not be even true but we easily find a scapegoat. Rarely we own or take responsibility. If its true that the spouse was the reason the actual blame should go to the person who acted on the motivation to indulge. This is what I like to call the 'Adam and Eve syndrome'. Is there a Adam and Eve syndrome in your family?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Snowball of what kind
Almost everyone who has lived in the Northern hemisphere knows how a snowball becomes bigger if it rolls down a snowy hill or slope. Its a commonly used analogy in many life's situations - 'the snowball effect'. A snowball that begins to roll down becomes bigger and bigger every inch it rolls down. Longer the distance, bigger the snowball!
In life we have two powerful forces that if pursued behaves exactly the same way a snowball behaves. One is Sin and the other is Faith. Both start small. The longer you let it roll in you, the bigger it gets on you. There will be a time when it gets full blown, what you got rolling gets too big that you (the seed) from which it got started, gets you completely covered and it takes you around for the trip of your death or life of which you have very little control until you finally hit something. I hope the thing (death) we hit upon is not one which destroys us but wakes us up in the presence of our God. Faith leads you to that place. Its paramount to watch what kind of a snowball we choose to be.
In life we have two powerful forces that if pursued behaves exactly the same way a snowball behaves. One is Sin and the other is Faith. Both start small. The longer you let it roll in you, the bigger it gets on you. There will be a time when it gets full blown, what you got rolling gets too big that you (the seed) from which it got started, gets you completely covered and it takes you around for the trip of your death or life of which you have very little control until you finally hit something. I hope the thing (death) we hit upon is not one which destroys us but wakes us up in the presence of our God. Faith leads you to that place. Its paramount to watch what kind of a snowball we choose to be.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Dreams - Effects and Affects
Everyone dreams at least a few times a month, if not more. 'Dreaming' crosses all boundaries among humankind. All genders, age, rich, poor, religious, non-religious, healthy, sick, etc., no exceptions. Yet, very little is known, leave alone understood about the cause and origins of our dreams. I honestly don't understand why this area of our human mind is not well researched into. One possible reason is this grey area criss-crosses several sciences and possibly arts too - Neuroscience, Anatomy/Physiology, and Mind-Body relationship. Dreams cannot be encompassed into any narrow field for it to be studied or understood!
One very novel observation that I have not come across anywhere in the literature world so far is this. This comes from my own experience. My wife and I have noticed that on the days we dream, we dream together and on the days we don't dream, we both don't dream. Next, we all know that we get both good and bad dreams although people don't have a clear percentage of how much of their dreams are either good or bad. It certainly varies with people. But to me this is clear, we found out when one of us dreams a good dream the other person in the same bedroom also dreams a good one. So also with the bad ones. You may think it may have a bias. But listen to this, when we added more people to the bedroom (which we do when our son comes to our room to sleep in on some nights!) we noticed this phenomenon extends to the person/s in the bedroom that night. That is to say, if its a good dream, all the persons in the room dream that way and if 'tis a bad one, everyone has some sort of a bad dream. This is strange, it has happened to us all the time.
I strongly feel this is a not just a human-mind thing. This has got to do with something in the air, in the immediate environment! I suspect it is of the spiritual realm and it may very well have something to do with Godly spirit or the Holy Spirit Or the evil spirit. Wonder what the dream scientists have to say.
One very novel observation that I have not come across anywhere in the literature world so far is this. This comes from my own experience. My wife and I have noticed that on the days we dream, we dream together and on the days we don't dream, we both don't dream. Next, we all know that we get both good and bad dreams although people don't have a clear percentage of how much of their dreams are either good or bad. It certainly varies with people. But to me this is clear, we found out when one of us dreams a good dream the other person in the same bedroom also dreams a good one. So also with the bad ones. You may think it may have a bias. But listen to this, when we added more people to the bedroom (which we do when our son comes to our room to sleep in on some nights!) we noticed this phenomenon extends to the person/s in the bedroom that night. That is to say, if its a good dream, all the persons in the room dream that way and if 'tis a bad one, everyone has some sort of a bad dream. This is strange, it has happened to us all the time.
I strongly feel this is a not just a human-mind thing. This has got to do with something in the air, in the immediate environment! I suspect it is of the spiritual realm and it may very well have something to do with Godly spirit or the Holy Spirit Or the evil spirit. Wonder what the dream scientists have to say.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Under Control
In one of our conversations we were wondering about some of the people for whom things go well but yet don't really value any one true religion or trust any God. Many of them still believe there is some big power out there but are not convinced enough, which one truly is. You may call them agnostics.
Most of these people are well accomplished professionally, have enough financial security, understand hard work pays, do no harm to others, have no major family disruptions, knowing trials and worries have their cycles....life seems pretty good. As long as life goes on with little disruptions, and if everything that they can possibly control are under control, life is under control.
For other things that are of spiritual in nature, they want to really feel that with their every sense to be real, only then would they pursue it. For these agnostics, it is unreal, when they see some religious people exercising a spiritual facet that requires faith to believe. It is just because things are generally under control in their lives and common sense does not dictate them to believe, they just pay no interest to it.
I consider God-knowing socially or financially insecure people "Blessed for eternity" because they are mostly the ones who put their trust in God entirely, for both the worldly needs and needs of eternal value, this is with special reference to Christian faith. They know that they don't have everything under control and they can't, but they know WHO keeps everything under control because they trust in God with Faith. That is the true way to have everything Under Control. It requires pressures in life!
Most of these people are well accomplished professionally, have enough financial security, understand hard work pays, do no harm to others, have no major family disruptions, knowing trials and worries have their cycles....life seems pretty good. As long as life goes on with little disruptions, and if everything that they can possibly control are under control, life is under control.
For other things that are of spiritual in nature, they want to really feel that with their every sense to be real, only then would they pursue it. For these agnostics, it is unreal, when they see some religious people exercising a spiritual facet that requires faith to believe. It is just because things are generally under control in their lives and common sense does not dictate them to believe, they just pay no interest to it.
I consider God-knowing socially or financially insecure people "Blessed for eternity" because they are mostly the ones who put their trust in God entirely, for both the worldly needs and needs of eternal value, this is with special reference to Christian faith. They know that they don't have everything under control and they can't, but they know WHO keeps everything under control because they trust in God with Faith. That is the true way to have everything Under Control. It requires pressures in life!
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