Your Flashlight to Pierce the Darkness

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

A prayer poem by Zaher Kury

Lord, make us thy instrument of peace,
so that forever the killing of mankind may cease.

Where there is hatred, let us show love.
Where there is hell, let us bring upon it a heaven from above.

Where there is doubt in the soul and forever searching,
let us shower upon them thy lessons for learning.

Let us stop the innocent souls from burning.
Let us fill all the hunger with food for nurturing.

Where there is despair, let us be thy giving hope,
where there is giving up on life, let us cut the hanging rope.

Where there is darkness, let us be thy light,
where there is wrong, let us be the way to the right.

Let us be thy divine angels in blue and white,
let us against evil win the fight.

Where there is sickness and abuse, let us endure,
with kindness and patience bringing the cure.

Let us be thy joy,
Let us give a future for each and every girl and boy.

Let us be they protectors,
by being thy educated educators.

Let us be they great white light,
Let us be all that which thou art.

Imagine

Imagine this if you can:

Imagine man helping man,

Imagine the world full of people with a smile,

Imagine people living the natural style,

Imagine people breathing good clean air 
To imagine this would you dare?

Or do you even care?

Imagine enough food for everyone 
You do not have to imagine that there is none,

Imagine people no longer living in fear

Fear in their front and fear in their rear

Nowadays fear is all it is that you hear.

Imagine what would happen if you gave up fighting,

I donʼt believe you have to argue if itʼs the right thing.

People are innocently being killed every day,

Imagine, all you people do is sit around and pray.

That is good, do not get me wrong, 
But imagine, to receive an answer it would take so long,

Imagine if you could stand up and help, 
Imagine this, would it not be a great step?

Imagine you, standing up for your right to live, 
Imagine how much of yourself to the world you could give.

Imagine all your love pouring out to the world 
Imagine all the parentless children that your love can hold.

Can you imagine all this that to you has been told?

Imagine the times that you were young and now that youʼre old 
And you can feel the warmth instead of the cold.

Now before you go, imagine the people united as one, in one world 
Imagine the people believing in themselves instead of their gold.

Can you imagine the soul of a person not being sold? 
If you can imagine then you are truly bold.

Is it not sad that all of this you have to imagine?

Were you not created to live in this fashion?

Were you not created by one God as one nation?

Then why is there so much hatred and aggravation?

Doing good and being good is something that comes naturally 
But being bad is created by you intentionally.

You all have a choice to listen to the right voice,

Why is it that most people always choose 
The voice that makes them lose.

The voice of the drugs and the booze, 
And the voice of lust that causes the tears from their eyes to ooze.

People! You do not have to lose,

If itʼs the right voice that you choose

The voice that creates wisdom and honesty

Along with loving sincerity

You do not have to imagine all of this, it should come naturally,

Just be nice to your people, love your kids and everyone will live happily.

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