More proof that the average 8 year old is smarter than us.

Post by **Dale** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:49 pm

This appeared in an e-newsletter from SOJOURNERS (sojo.net)

The volume of friendship
by Alex House

Lord, make a factory of peace,
Make more hope,
Hate, the least.
Make war as small as a speck of sand
And terrorism a wick on a candle that burns to ashes.
And make love and peace as big as a skyscraper.
And hope like a mountain that's 1,000 feet tall.
And make the volume of friendship be so loud
It shakes the ground.

Alex House lives in Upton, Massachusetts. He wrote this poem in Sunday school on Feb. 16, 2003, when he was 8 years old.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:51 pm

Those last two lines are my favorite.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:53 pm

I think a good many of us want that, Dale. It's just a whole lot easier said than done, alas.

IRTradRU? · Post by **IRTradRU?** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:45 pm

Children like Alex give me great hope for the future.

I guess we should consider ourselves fortunate, we who are reading young Alex' words... if he'd written them in most public schools, he'd have been suspended from school!

Matt 21:16
And they said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus replied to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise?

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:03 pm

Beginner's luck!

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:27 pm

jim stone wrote:Beginner's luck!

Oh, I wish!

Jeff Stallard · Post by **Jeff Stallard** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:19 pm

Walden wrote:I think a good many of us want that, Dale. It's just a whole lot easier said than done, alas.

Absolutely!!

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:45 pm

I believe that "old souls" come back to Earth to help us with the work that needs to be done. Alex has so beautifully described these ideals in his poem. I don't think that neophytes have those thoughts.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:48 pm

I hope nobody workshops the crap out of him and everyone just lets him use his natural talent.

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:08 pm

Some nice words, however, I was a teacher for several years, and I know there is nobody on earth who likes fighting better than 8-year olds.

The funny thing is, boys are usually back to being friends after a few hours, but girls hold grudges for weeks and years.

Mukade

Post by **Dale** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:24 am

FJohnSharp wrote:I hope nobody workshops the crap out of him and everyone just lets him use his natural talent.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:40 am

Sadly he'll grow up and become like every other adult.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:51 am

He needs to work on his punctuation.

Jeff Stallard · Post by **Jeff Stallard** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:49 am

It doesn't take a smart person to dream of a utopia. Hell, if that was the case, check this out.

Boy, I sure wish war could end,
and that peace could finally bend
the brittle sword of hate,
for we all need a better fate.

Voila!! Now I'm smart.

:roll:

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:48 am

Jeff Stallard wrote:It doesn't take a smart person to dream of a utopia. Hell, if that was the case, check this out.

Boy, I sure wish war could end,
and that peace could finally bend
the brittle sword of hate,
for we all need a better fate.

Voila!! Now I'm smart.

:roll:

You had a chance to change the world
But when it came you blew it,
'Cause all you did was write it down.
What you should do is do it.

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