![]() ![]() I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. A massive, powerful society.Ĭourage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. It heals the scars left by a larger society. The love of the family, the love of the person can heal. I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. ![]() This beautiful poem has been made into a children’s book Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem. I have not read it yet but it is on my list for next year.There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. We look at each other, then into ourselvesĪnd we say without shyness or apology or hesitation. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. We, Angels and Mortal’s, Believers and Non-Believers, We shout with glorious tongues at the coming of hope.Īll the earth’s tribes loosen their voices We jubilate the precious advent of trust. To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.Īt this Holy Instant, we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ The truth is, no one of us can be free until. On this platform of peace, we can create a language When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time. How to look beyond complexion and see community. We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian, We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.Ĭome and fill us and our world with your majesty. We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas. Security for our beloveds and their beloveds. But, true Peace.Ī harmony of spirit, a comfort of courtesies. We listen carefully as it gathers strength. Discover Maya Angelou quotes about thanksgiving. All Maya Angelou quotes New Quotes (139) Children Giving Heart Inspirational Inspiring Life Thanksgiving more. Brightening all things,Įven hate which crouches breeding in dark corridors.Īt first it is too soft. Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, p.11, Bantam. It rides on the shoulders of our aged as they walk into their sunsets. Hope is born again in the faces of children Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner. The world is encouraged to come away from rancor, Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hopeĪnd singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air. Maya Angelou ‘I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’. Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters, 86651 likesAll Members Who Liked This Quote. The sky slips low and grey and threatening.ĭoes the covenant you made with us still hold? Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalanche Maya AngelouĪnd lightning rattles the eaves of our houses. So whether you are reading this in Advent or in Christmas, go out and create some peace today – for yourself, for your neighbor, for our world.Īmazing Peace: A Christmas Poem by Dr. I can find peace for a moment or an hour somehow, somewhere. Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. This is the glad and hopeful season as Maya Angelou says. Yet for each of peace is attainable every day. In some ways peace is an ideal, a seemingly unattainable goal, at least in the world as a whole. Today’s Christmas poem which Maya Angelou first read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, makes me very aware of how much we lack peace in our world. ![]()
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