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  • I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow.

  • If it came to a magic genie, I would ask him for two extra wishes. One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease. And the second one would be world peace, that we just stop fighting, talk about things, and we could live in harmony once again, like God intended us to do.

    Fighting   Two   Magic  
  • While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

  • There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.

    Mattie J.T. Stepanek (2010). “Reflections of a Peacemaker: A Portrait in Poetry”, p.150, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

    Nice   Book   People  
  • A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do.

    Song   Heart   Talking  
  • Remember to play after every storm.

    Fun   Play   Storm  
    Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Jimmy Carter (2009). “Just Peace: A Message of Hope”, p.29, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • My life mission is to spread peace to the world.

    World   Missions   Spread  
  • I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'

  • Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a chessboard and a cup of something to drink.

    War   Thinking   Bombs  
  • Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

  • I have a song deep in my heart, And only I can hear it. If I close my eyes and sit very still ...It is so easy to listen to my song. When my eyes are open and I am so Busy and moving and busy, If I take time and listen very hard, I can still hear my Heartsong. It makes me feel happy. Happier than ever. Happier than everywhere And everything and everyone In the whole wide world. Happy like thinking about Going to Heaven when I die. My Heartsong sounds like this: I love you! I love you! How happy you can be! How happy you can make this whole World be.

  • If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

    FaceBook post by Mattie Stepanek from Oct 29, 2012
  • Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

    Mattie J. T. Stepanek (2002). “Hope through heartsongs”, Hyperion Books
  • People are fighting over how our heartsongs are different. But they don't need to be the same. That's the beauty. We are a mosaic of gifts. Each of us has our inner beauty no matter how we look.

  • You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

    Lying   Ashes   Persons  
  • We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

    Father   Mean   Scary  
  • It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.

    "'Mattie' Stepanek -- poet laureate of muscular dystrophy" by Myrna Oliver, www.sfgate.com. June 25, 2004.
  • I choose to live until death, not spend the time dying until death occurs.

    Dying  
    Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Jimmy Carter (2009). “Just Peace: A Message of Hope”, p.184, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, but they really work hard.

  • Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future.

  • I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me.

  • Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.

    Sunset   Color   Rainbow  
  • Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.

  • Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.

    Kids   Legacy   World  
  • We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

  • I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

    Book   Writing   World  
  • Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.

  • Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.

    Forever   Needs   Happens  
  • People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.'' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.

    Kings   Pain   Nice  
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Mattie Stepanek

  • Born: July 17, 1990
  • Died: June 22, 2004
  • Occupation: Poet