i am man enough to admit it - how long has it been since you had to? what does it take to break your heart these days? 12 people senselessly gunned down in a movie theater? 2 missing cousins in iowa? picture of a young man holding his baby one last time before leaving for a year in afghanistan - his child's very first year of life? a local 9 year old drowning to save her 7 year old brother?
it really doesn't matter which of the above was mine - but i'll tell you - today the last one of the above was what did it to me - during the noon tv newscast - i thought of her last moments - her fear - i thought of her parents and their loss - just think of her two younger brothers watching her slip away
you probably didn't want to read this today - probably didn't want to deal with heavy issues - you've got your own, right? - probably didn't want to have your heart broken today - none of us do - so we quickly sweep news stories from our mind if they don't include our own family - we grumble thow bad things are getting in this world and then continue our lunch - and our mind grows numb - our ears deaf - our eyes blind - our emotions cold - our heart calloused - our hands tied - our voices silent
i don't want to play on your emotions today - i want to stir them - there is a world of people dying out their today - marriages will fail today - teens will o.d. today - children will be abused today - others will be aborted - are we too busy to say a prayer? make a phone call? give a hug? shed a tear?
i challenge you - man up today - let something break your heart again
it really doesn't matter which of the above was mine - but i'll tell you - today the last one of the above was what did it to me - during the noon tv newscast - i thought of her last moments - her fear - i thought of her parents and their loss - just think of her two younger brothers watching her slip away
you probably didn't want to read this today - probably didn't want to deal with heavy issues - you've got your own, right? - probably didn't want to have your heart broken today - none of us do - so we quickly sweep news stories from our mind if they don't include our own family - we grumble thow bad things are getting in this world and then continue our lunch - and our mind grows numb - our ears deaf - our eyes blind - our emotions cold - our heart calloused - our hands tied - our voices silent
i don't want to play on your emotions today - i want to stir them - there is a world of people dying out their today - marriages will fail today - teens will o.d. today - children will be abused today - others will be aborted - are we too busy to say a prayer? make a phone call? give a hug? shed a tear?
i challenge you - man up today - let something break your heart again
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