Mattie Stepanek
Mattie Stepanek
Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek, known as Mattie J.T. Stepanek, was an American poet who published seven best-selling books of poetry. Or as he wanted to be remembered as "a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played". Before his deathhe had become known as a peace advocate and motivational speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 July 1990
CityRockville, MD
CountryUnited States of America
everywhere people saw
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.
american-poet life people
The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me.
people
I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.
forever needs sad-things
Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.
meaningful song moving
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.
inspirational strength teamwork
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
hard-work angel thinking
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.
far-away seems right-now
Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.
letting-go opportunity special
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.
views heaven different
There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.
sunset color rainbow
Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.
fighting two magic
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.
kings pain nice
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.
world missions spread
My life mission is to spread peace to the world.