| You
Are
a Marvel
... |
Each
second we live is a new and unique moment
of the universe,
a moment that will never be again...
And
what do we teach our children?
We
teach them that two and two make four,
and that Paris is the capital of France.
When
will we also teach them what they are?
We
should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You
are a marvel.
You
are unique.
In all the years that have passed,
there has never been another child like you.
Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers,
the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare,
a Michaelangelo, a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.
Yes,
you are a marvel.
And when you grow up, can you then harm another
who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work - we must all work
to make the world
worthy of its children.
....
Pablo
Casals
Mom ... June, 2001
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