Prophet of Peace

Mattie Stepanek, prophet, poet, creator of Heartsongs, messenger of peace,  succumbed to a rare form of muscular dystrophy at thirteen, but he made every day of his life count by writing and speaking his message of hope.

Mattie sang his heartsongs

of love and joy.

He sang

for all of us.

Every day,

he lived his message,

which was:

Peace is Possible.

"When I die,"

he said,

"I want to be

a child in Heaven.....

a hero.......

I want to make

a difference there,

just like

I did

on earth."

Mattie was

the embodiment

of love.

He brought

his knowing

from the great beyond,

to which he has returned.

Millions were

touched

by his journey

of love.

Mattie's last sentence

in this world,

a world where

he needed an

oxygen tank

to survive, was:
"Choose to inhale.

Do not breathe

simply to exist."

The last word

he ever said was:

"Yes."

He had died many times,

he had seen Heaven,

and came back

because

he still had

work to do.

As he was dying,

his one question was:

"Did I do

enough?"

Through his books,

and television clips,

he still

can make us cry.

Yet also smile,

because Mattie,

pint-sized prophet

with a mighty heart,

when it came

to living,

Mattie

 showed us how.