by Matthew Emmett Townsend
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August 4, 2006

I Am What You Feed Me...

November 25, 2006 02:05 PM EST
views: 57 | rating: 9.8/10 (20 votes) | comments: 22

 

I Am What You Feed Me...

 

I am just a child

but I am growing

I will grow fast or slow

depending on what you feed me.

 

 

When fed anger

I become hate

 

 

When fed greed

I become selfish

 

 

When fed lies

I become untrue

 

 

When fed pain

I become hurt

 

 

I am just a child

but I am growing

I will grow fast or slow

depending on what you feed me.

 

 

When fed love

I become joy

 

 

When fed care

I become kindness

 

 

When fed truth

I become understanding

 

 

When fed sympathy

I become healing

 

 

I am just a child

but I am growing

I will grow fast or slow

depending on what you feed me.

 

 

Copyright Nov. 25th 2006 by M.Emmett Townsend

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Comments: 22

Jill B. Nov 25, 2006, 2:08pm EST
This is so beautiful..i would love to hear it song as my heart sang when reading it.
Sara :-) Nov 25, 2006, 2:11pm EST
Thank you for sharing that.
Lori C. Nov 25, 2006, 2:12pm EST
Beautiful and so true. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Lovely and so very, very true. It really should be a song so people could hear it everywhere!!!! And learn from it too...
Heather B. Nov 25, 2006, 2:54pm EST
This is very inspiring. It flowed beautifully and logically. I felt it reach out.
Very true. Lovely sentiment.
Carol Roach Nov 26, 2006, 6:03am EST
this words are so true, amen brother
Connie C. Nov 26, 2006, 10:42pm EST
This is beautiful and so very true. Kids need the right values and are taught on a daily basis what learn these values from their parents. They learn from watching us.
Wendy F. Nov 27, 2006, 2:42am EST
Thanks for sharing !
tuwanda t. Nov 27, 2006, 4:08am EST
Yes ! Yes !
Lisa B. Nov 27, 2006, 8:55am EST
So true!
David D. Gilbaugh Nov 27, 2006, 11:56am EST
Well done Emmett. What we put into our children we get back.
TWILA S. Nov 27, 2006, 12:13pm EST
I simply do not understand how some parents can try to poison their childrens minds. The sad thing is that the children are the ones who pay the highest cost.
Nancy S. Nov 27, 2006, 12:48pm EST
Very nicely done. And, oh, so true.
June M Nov 27, 2006, 1:50pm EST
I wish more parents could read and understand this, Emmett. It could cause a big sweeping change across the country.
Patty Kelley Nov 27, 2006, 6:05pm EST
The influence we have on our children, and in a broader scope, the children of the world is profound. And this is a beautiful reminder....thanks Emmett.

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