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.

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