YOU ARE A MARVEL

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 captital 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 Michelangelo,
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

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