Friday, May 11, 2012

The Dreams That You Dare To Dream




I dare to dream that 
SOMEDAY:

Human beings who are

gay
straight
labeled
heavy
thin
cursed
black
white
harassed
red
yellow
excluded
rich
poor
persecuted
impaired
enabled
mocked
liberal 
conservative
bullied
depressed
happy
ostracized
homeless
fortunate
hated

will all recognize  

WE   ARE   ONE.

We are all lovable.
We are all valuable.
We are all important.

WE    ALL   MATTER.



Each and every one of us is 

LOVED

by the same God who created us.

He makes no distinctions.
He loves you just as much as He loves me;
He loves "them" as much as He loves "us."



And we all have the same 
hopes 
sorrows 
pain
  wishes 
prayers 
dreams.


We all live on this one tiny planet, 
hurtling along in the immeasurable darkness of the universe,
sharing our journey together.
We all want love and peace and happiness and respect,
 a little spare change to jingle in our pockets.
We all hurt, cry, bleed, suffer.
We all want our lives to have meaning.
We all cry out to our God to save us.

But...we all could  bear one  another's burdens 
with
ARMS  WIDE  OPEN
and make each other's lives easier.

I'm not better than you; 
You're not better than me.
We are each unique, dancing flames of light
and 
Together we could set this world on fire.

Why, oh why, can't I?
Why can't we?
That's my dream.

I know that
somewhere over the rainbow, 
far above the prejudice, hate, and discrimination,
skies are blue,
and the dreams that we dare to dream 
really can come true.


Let's start today
to make that a reality.

Let's do something small     --

Can we just smile at each other?

If everyone in the world 
smiled
at the same time,
who could dare to
hate
again?

Simplistic, I know. But it could just work.
A smile could  melt a hardened heart.
It's a start.
One small thing...
Like a frail paper boat, 
setting sail onto the vast and endless ocean,
almost invisible to spy, 
yet the ripples it causes are 
unimaginable.

Then think 
of what we could do
TOGETHER.

A tsunami of change.

ALL ONE.

Spread the love.


7 comments:

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    1. Thanks Elena!! Good luck with your blog also!

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  2. Thanks! Looking forward to checking out your blog too!

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  3. What a very beautiful sentiment and game plan. It comes from a sweet, sincere, hopeful heart (yours, of course) and a viewpoint that recognizes all that is good in mankind. The older I become, the more I feel as you have so eloquently put it. W

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