American - Poet | July 17, 1990 - June 22, 2004
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.
Mattie Stepanek
WorldLegacyYouWantTouchMatters
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.
Growing UpThinkGrowGrowing OldUp
The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me.
LifePeopleMeThinkEasyWay
There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.
HappyHeavenPersonWhateverBecause
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.
LoveHeartPeacePeopleSongYou
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 years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.
I AmDoctorWeekNewSaidWay
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.'
GodKeep GoingPeopleMeGiftLook
We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.
FatherMeanScaryThingsUsBecause
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.
LiveGodHopeMeBetterHelp
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.
LifeLivePainMeCelebrateBody
My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy.
RareDiseaseFormVeryMuscular
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.
PainKingPeopleMeYouNice
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