About Mattie Stepanek:

Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek was an American poet who published five best-selling books of poetry. Before his death (at the age of 13) he had become known as a peace advocate and motivational speaker.

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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.

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Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

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I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differently what I'm going to be. We're going to have to define my growing up differently.

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I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

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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.

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The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five y...

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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.

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My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy.

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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.

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You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

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

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I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.

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

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

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

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Remember to play after every storm.

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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.

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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?'

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God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

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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.

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Author Bio

NameMattie Stepanek
DescriptionAmerican writer
BornJuly 17, 1990
DiedJune 22, 2004
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionPoet; Author

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