"and i know that, even when i'm gone, they'll always be able to look back and say, 'remember when we...'"
- dying man in oprah's Big Give
and then i had to go and let myself be seduced into watching America's Got Talent.
middle guy handsome. hee.one particular act struck me hard, and that was the Voices of Glory, a singing group of three siblings. the judges asked: "what inspired you to sing?"
the oldest (16) answered:
"three years ago, my mum got into a car accident with a drunk driver. the three of us stayed by her bedside just to comfort her and to try to see if she would respond, because at the time, she was in a coma. She was in a coma for eight months, and we just started singing to her and singing to all the other people in the hospital, and it just went on from there."
the air in the hall was so still i could feel it through the VLC player.
and then there were so many other people with so many stories, hopes and dreams. one illusionist and his wife barely made it through, and i could see that he was in pieces behind the brave smile he tried to put on, as he waited for the panel's decision. i daresay they made it out of sympathy. as they went backstage to their little kids, one of the little ones said, "mummy! you made it!" and mummy smiled and replied, "never give up."
it's a recurring theme (even back then) in my brain cells, even when i'm in section 17 picking three lauk for lunch.
i believe this was what The Prince and the Pauper was trying to tell us - that it's just so amazing that two of the same kind can lead such different lives.
some of us plan for our future, some of us even wait for it. people like us have a future we dream and hope for that we believe we can shape. we have that capacity. because we have the means. because we have tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and many tomorrows.
we don't realize that the bulk of our kind are just hoping to make it past today.
we sing, "if tomorrow never comes" and conclude that we must appreciate today.
what if...
today never comes?
we don't have such a song because those who sing it don't have the means to make it known. and those who do, don't notice it.
the air in the hall was so still i could feel it through the VLC player.
and then there were so many other people with so many stories, hopes and dreams. one illusionist and his wife barely made it through, and i could see that he was in pieces behind the brave smile he tried to put on, as he waited for the panel's decision. i daresay they made it out of sympathy. as they went backstage to their little kids, one of the little ones said, "mummy! you made it!" and mummy smiled and replied, "never give up."
it's a recurring theme (even back then) in my brain cells, even when i'm in section 17 picking three lauk for lunch.
i believe this was what The Prince and the Pauper was trying to tell us - that it's just so amazing that two of the same kind can lead such different lives.
some of us plan for our future, some of us even wait for it. people like us have a future we dream and hope for that we believe we can shape. we have that capacity. because we have the means. because we have tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and many tomorrows.
we don't realize that the bulk of our kind are just hoping to make it past today.
we sing, "if tomorrow never comes" and conclude that we must appreciate today.
what if...
today never comes?
we don't have such a song because those who sing it don't have the means to make it known. and those who do, don't notice it.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
matthew 6:34
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
matthew 6:34
perhaps the verse was never merely about appreciating today.
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