Sometimes I look about me with a feeling of complete dismay.
In the confusion that afflicts the world today I see a disrespect for the values of life.
Each second we live in a new and unique moment of the universe.
A moment that has never been before nor will ever be again.
But what do we teach our children in school?.
We teach them that two and two is four and that Paris is the capital 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 world there is no other child exactly like you.
In the millions of years that have past there has never been another child like you.
And look at your body.
What a wonder it is.
Your legs, your arms, your cunning fingers, the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michael Angelo, a Beethoven.
You have a 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 all must work
to make this world
worthy of its children."
Pablo Casals
