As many or most of you know, this Saturday, May 8th will be a candlelight vigil for slain Cathedral student, Conor Reynolds. We ask that you please show support to the Reynolds family, those Conor left behind, those that he touched without ever meeting, and for peace by a simple act of lighting a candle.
This Saturday, at 8:30 pm please light a candle on your front stoop, for Conor, his family and the Honor Conor Inc Foundations peace initiative. Please email me with your name city, state and country so the family can see that Conor did not die in vain, and people everywhere care about them and peace. Please ask at least one friend to do the same. It is a simple act, and one that may go unnoticed this year, but it will go un noted, that I can promise.
I am hoping that Conor’s Light can be represented in all states and as many countries as possible. Please reach out, and ask…you would be surprised who would say yes.
And so, with Springfield, Mass in mind, I leave you a quote from Dr. Seuss…
The Lorax said nothing. Just gave me a glance…
just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance…
as he lifted himself by the seat of his pants.
And I’ll never forget the grim look on his face
when he heisted himself and took leave of this place,
through a hole in the smog, without leaving a trace.
And all that the Lorax left here in this mess
was a small pile of rocks, with one word… “UNLESS.”
Whatever THAT meant, well, I couldn’t guess.
That was long, long ago.
But each day since that day
I’ve sat here and worried and worried away.
Through the years, while my buildings have fallen apart,
I’ve worried about it with all of my heart.
“But NOW,” says the Once-ler,
“Now that YOU’RE here,
the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.
UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It’s not.
Peace, Chris
www.fourleafclover.us
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