One day I will show you. I will show you what I mean. I will show you
all the things that you think divide us actually don’t. I will show that people
are worth something. I will show you that this world is worth something. I will
show you that love, kindness, forgiveness, and the use, acceptance, and pursuit
of those things are worth something. I will show you that women are worth
something. I will show you that education, common sense, intelligence, understanding and the
use acceptance and pursuit of those things are worth something. I will show you
that religion, faith, or the belief in something beyond the physical is worth something.
I will show you that there is still good in this place and in people, and that that
is worth a lot.
One day I will show you. I want to show you that the people you think
are your enemies aren’t. I want to show
you that not everyone who says they are something means they are like everyone
else. I want to show you that not everyone who is a Christian is like what you
think they are. I want show you that not everyone who is a Christian is mean, judgmental
or out to harm others. I want to show you that not everyone who says they are a
Muslim is a terrorist, not everyone who says they are an atheist wants to kill
babies, likes hittler or even knows what socialism is. I want to show you that
every person is different. I want to show you that I am different. I want you
to know I am not like anyone you could compare me too. I want you to be
surprised by me. I want to change your mind for the better about what means to
be a man, husband, friend, Christian, son, brother, and human being.
One day I will show you. I should have showed you more when we all were
younger. Show you what it means to respect others with your words. Show you
what it means to disagree but still find a way to say I love you, and actually
mean it. I should have gone farther out of my way to respect you. To respect who
you were, to respect who you are. I should have showed you how to truly forgive
someone, how to decide that no matter what another person does to you, you have
already decided to be at peace with it. I want to show you how to forgive that
person that you won’t. I want to show you how to love that person differently
than you have loved them before. I want to show you that maybe the relationship
you had with them will never be like it was, and to be okay and at peace with
that. I want to show you that no matter what has happened in the past, every
sunrise brings a new day. I want to show you that no matter what you are
carrying, there are those around you who want to help share the burden. I want
to show you that we are not all heading for a dead end. I want to show you that
hope still flies.
One day I will show you. I will show you that we can do better than
this. We can do better than yesterday, and every day before that. I want to
show you that there are so many of us who want to do, be and become better. Not
just as individuals, but as a whole. As a family, friends, neighbors, and as
humanity all together, so many of us believe we can be better than we have
been. I want to show you that family is worth swallowing your pride for. I want
to show you that the hurt you feel by the wrongs you have been dealt can be
healed. I want show you that relationships need fixed, even if you are the only
one patching the holes. I want to show you that sometimes the other person will
let you down, won’t walk the mile with you, and won’t meet you halfway.
Sometimes you will be the only one being and doing better. But even if you are
the only one, that doesn’t mean you are alone. I want to show you that I will
help you patch holes, lift you up, walk every mile with you, meet you well
before half way and help you do better; even if the other person won’t. I want
to show you that there are others who would say and do the same. I want to show
you how we are all in the same boat, how very much alike we are. I want to show you that we don’t have to be
perfect to do what we are supposed to do. We don’t have to be perfect to love
others wholly and completely. We don’t have to be perfect to forgive or be
forgiven. We don’t have to believe others are perfect in order to love and be
in communion/community with them. There is no bar we need to rise to in order to
take care of, be with/around, or to have a relationship with others. I want
show you that no matter what you think another person has done, I think they
worth perfection. I think we all are worth perfection, even when we don’t show
it and especially when we don’t deserve it.
One day I will show you. I will show you all the things I have
mentioned and more. There are so many things I want to show you, so many things
that I believe are worth so much. I just hope that as I show you these things,
you will look.