A movement is sweeping the country, the movement of reason, and it comes not from Washington or some Senate chamber, but from the schoolrooms and fields of high school students across the nation. They are the voice of reason, they are starting to make a difference.
All too often we ignored them as adults, they don't matter, a 401K does, a bottom line does and so does the right to carry an assault weapon does. But our most precious commodity doesn't, "Now is not the time to discuss gun control" as some might say.
Interviewing teenagers from the horror of the Florida massacre recently that killed the cream of the crop, 17 of our youth, one interview really stood out, the plea to stop the killing. The statement most revealing was that the adults had let them, the students down. The words missing from that statement were: ‘Once again'.
Soon, the time is coming to discuss this madness and we better listen. These so-called children are lending something to us adults we should all respect and heed, that common sense may become common with this new generation, that America will be back in good hands once again. Maybe we should stop and listen, lean forward and shut all the distractions of our lives off and pay attention. Listen to what they say and how they say it. We owe them that. We owe them a deep apology for what we have in our selfishness have created and done to them.
Come this March there will be a rally in Florida, and hopefully, it will grow across our country from Florida to the state of Washington. And while these ‘Kids' are at it, they can teach us about hate, how when you pass through the color, there lies bone and heart and soul, colorless and breathing. Maybe they can teach us about love, what the concept of Christianity really means, not as a separator of different beliefs in God, but that God exists among us all.
I remember hearing these lyrics once and looked them up, they are written by a lady named Isla Grant. Just read them, they say it all.
"They are crying out for peace around the world
They are telling us to stop the hurt and pain
Their smiles can melt the coldest heart
Their tears can pull your world apart
Why don't we listen to the children
Why can't you see the world their eyes can see
There is no room for hate or jealousy
And color means nothing to them
To a child, another is a friend
Why don't we listen to the children
Why don't we listen, to what they try to say
Make a world of peace for them to live in
Take a leaf out of the book
They read to us each day
Why don't we learn a lesson from the children
So everyone around the world join hands
And spread the word of love across the land
Rejoice and live in harmony
And pray that peace, at last, will be
They need the help of you and me, our children
They are crying out for peace around the world
They are telling us to stop the hurt and pain
Their smiles can melt the coldest heart
Their tears can pull your world apart
Why don't we listen to the children"
ISLA GRANT
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