Thursday, January 17, 2008
as i was walking home today, i saw a young boy with down-syndrome, prancing along the sidewalk, listening to his mp3 player
waving his arms in the air, shaking his hips, to the rhythm of the beat
and i thought to myself, wow.
what i would give to be free of worries, to not be self-conscious of society s judging eyes
everyone was staring, but he continued. unaware of the attention he was attracting.
i had the urge to join him haha
people often wonder why God s punishing them when their kids are born with down-syndrome, or are spastic
i wldnt say it s a punishment, sure these kids require more care than others
but in the end, it s these kids that teach you the innocence of life, the simplicity, that life never gets too complicated to handle
there s innocence in the way they speak, in the way they express themselves
these things we have forgotten
that one boy cheered me up today
for the first time that day,
i smiled.

(:

samm spoke at 1:51 AM