"My childhood was completely taken away from me. There was no Christmas, there were no birthdays, it was not a normal childhood, nor the normal pleasures of childhood. Those were exchanged for hard work, struggle and pain and eventually material and professional success. But as an awful price, I cannot re-create that part of my life.
However, today, when I create my music, I feel like an instrument of nature. I wonder what delight nature must feel when we open our hearts and express our god-given talents. The sound of approval rolls across the universe, and the whole world abounds in magic, wonder fills our hearts, for what we've glimpsed, for an instant, the playfulness of life. And that's why I love children and learned so much from being around them.
I realised
that many of our world's problems today - from the inner city crime, to
large scale wars and terrorism, and our overcrowded prisons - are a
result of the fact that children have had their childhood stolen from
them. The magic, the wonder, the mystery, and the innocence of a child's
heart, are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world. I really
believe that.
What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life, which is everpresent and only ask to believe. They know the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognised within our own hearts. Today, I would like to thank all the children of the world, including the sick and deprived... I am so sensitive to your pain. (...)"
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"A gyerekek játékos mosolyukban megmutatják nekem a mindenkiben lakozó Istent. Ezek a gyerekek emlékeztetnek az élet értékeire, különösen a fiatalok, akiket még nem érintett meg a gyűlölet, az előítélet és a kapzsiság. Ma, amikor a világ ennyire zavaros, és bonyolult, sokkal inkább szükségünk van a gyerekekre, mint valaha.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts. Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life. These children are a reminder of the preciousness of all life, especially young lives untouched by hatred, prejudice and greed. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, we need our children more than ever.
Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts. Children are the world's foremost idealists and optimists. It is for that reason that 'Heal The World" is organizing the World's Children Congress next year, made up exclusively of delegates, aged 8 to 16. The world desperately needs their innocent perspective on the world's problems. We have to heal our wounded planet of the chaos, despair and senseless destruction we see today. The mission of HTW, my mission, is healing. Pure and simple. To heal the world, we must start by healing our children."
Michael Jackson on a press conference of his new charity organisation "Heal The World" in 1992
Read more: http://www.truemichaeljackson.com/
What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life, which is everpresent and only ask to believe. They know the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognised within our own hearts. Today, I would like to thank all the children of the world, including the sick and deprived... I am so sensitive to your pain. (...)"
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"A gyerekek játékos mosolyukban megmutatják nekem a mindenkiben lakozó Istent. Ezek a gyerekek emlékeztetnek az élet értékeire, különösen a fiatalok, akiket még nem érintett meg a gyűlölet, az előítélet és a kapzsiság. Ma, amikor a világ ennyire zavaros, és bonyolult, sokkal inkább szükségünk van a gyerekekre, mint valaha.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts. Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life. These children are a reminder of the preciousness of all life, especially young lives untouched by hatred, prejudice and greed. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, we need our children more than ever.
Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts. Children are the world's foremost idealists and optimists. It is for that reason that 'Heal The World" is organizing the World's Children Congress next year, made up exclusively of delegates, aged 8 to 16. The world desperately needs their innocent perspective on the world's problems. We have to heal our wounded planet of the chaos, despair and senseless destruction we see today. The mission of HTW, my mission, is healing. Pure and simple. To heal the world, we must start by healing our children."
Michael Jackson on a press conference of his new charity organisation "Heal The World" in 1992
Read more: http://www.truemichaeljackson.com/
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