Together Forever Changing
Together Forever Changing
An Article
Que Sera, Sera
I asked the Great Unknown
What
will we be.
Will
we ever grow to be good and gracious souls?
And
this is what was said,
Que
sera, sera
Whatever
will be will be
When
you, my child are awed by the sight of a beautiful butterfly.
When
the sound of a bird chirping gives your heart flight.
When
you embrace a newborn baby and the whole world seems right.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
the magnificence of the human potential gives you cause to marvel.
When
you are stunned by the horrors perpetrated upon humankind by mankind.
And
you worry for the generations that will follow.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
you shake the notion that you are not where you thought you’d be at this time
in your life…
When
you wish things would have turned out differently.
When
you ask yourself, ‘are you still a dreamer’?
When
you question if you are still passionate about your passions.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
I
asked the Great Unknown
What
will we be
Will
we ever grow to be smart and truly generous of spirit?
And
this is what was said,
Que
sera, sera
Whatever
will be will be
When
you face yourself and see yourself for all that you are.
When
you ask yourself if you are idealistic.
When
you look deep inside and question if the naiveté of your youth has been
obliterated by the realities you’ve witnessed.
When
you ask yourself if you could do it all over again, would you do it the same
way?
Or
if your heart weighs heavily for the sadness in the world around you.
When
you are truly concerned about those less fortunate than you.
When
being concerned is not enough anymore.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
you decide that there is no excuse for hunger and homelessness, or apathy and
disgust and a lack of justice.
When
watching the evening news and feeling sad doesn’t change a thing.
When
you take your frustration, your anger, your sense of right and actually do
something of
worth for the betterment of others.
When
you no longer ask yourself, “What are we to do,” but instead do something.
When
man’s inhumanity to man is intolerable and you face it and change it.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
instead of fearing our children will inherit the ills of the world, you make
certain they won’t.
When
you become the best you can be instead of wondering if you are the best you can
be.
When you become responsible for your actions and stop using Proverbs to make excuses for you.
When
you realize it is not the meek that will inherit the world but those who work to
make the world a better place for all of humankind.
When
you toss in the trash the foolish notion that might over right is what we
sought.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
I
asked the Great Unknown
What
will we be
Will
we ever grow to be kind and deserving?
And
this is what was said,
Que
sera, sera
Whatever
will be will be
When
you, my young one will no longer be destined to repeat the mistakes of our past.
When
you feel no longer helpless to change that which we despise.
When
instead of asking how do we teach our children to be better people, more patient
individuals, more inclined to listen, to be thinking, kind persons, we show them
by example.
When
we stop asking what became of civility and actually become more civil.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
we start listening to each other again…
not
just polite inattentive listening, but truly interested, honestly conversing and
sharing the experience listening.
When
we stop bickering and finding fault with one another.
When
we support each other again…
When
we become tolerant of others, their beliefs, their concepts, and their faiths.
When
we stop being so self-righteous, so above every one else.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
we respect each other and protect one another.
When
we no longer turn and walk away when there’s a scuffle in the street, a spouse
doing harm to the other, or even worse, a parent to a child.
When
we realize we’re all in this together.
When
we begin to talk to one another again.
When
we realize someone else’s opinion does count.
When
we understand that we are no better than anyone else.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
When
we realize our laws of our land aren’t the laws of the world.
When
we understand that there is more than one religion…and for some, more than one
God.
When
we grasp that our ethic is not the only ethic that matters
and
that others don’t hate us because we love freedom, but perhaps because
we’re just belligerent.
When
we exhibit a willingness to learn and study the truth for
ourselves.
When
we refuse to be led as sheep allowing ourselves to believe the
unbelievable, the incomprehensible.
When
we learn to question.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
I
asked the Great Unknown
What
will we be
Will
we ever grow to be intellectually wise and truly loving?
And
this is what was said,
Que
sera, sera
Whatever
will be will be
When
you realize we are not destined to become what we’ve detested.
When
you comprehend that you can control your destiny.
When
you know you are not helpless to defend the defensible.
And
that we are not expendable extras on the world stage –
That
we’re not just along for the ride.
Perhaps
then will you be grown.
Que
sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be