OUR CHILDREN
by Pablo Casals

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that never was before and never will be again.
And what do we teach our children in school?
We teach them that two and two makes four and that
Paris is the capital of France.

When will we also teach them what they are?

You are a marvel. You are unique.
In all of the world, there is no other child exactly like you.
In the millions of years that have passed,
there has never been a child like you.
And look at your body. What a wonder it is.
Your legs, your cunning fingers. The way you move.

You may become a Shakespeare, a Michaelangelo, a Beethoven.

You have the 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 cherish one another.
We must all work to make this world worthy of its children.