LOVE IS THE CURE
ON LIFE, LOSS, AND THE END OF AIDS
by Elton John
When AIDS is an uncomfortable and untouchable subject, the disease spreads. But when we bring it to the fore, when we aren’t afraid to confront it, information spreads. Compassion spreads. The cure spreads. Please, help me spread the cure.
It comes down to a simple equation, really. If you give love out, you get love back. If you take nothing else from the stories I’ve told here, please take that lesson to heart. It is the only thing that matters. It is why we need a global movement for love, and not just when it comes to AIDS. We need to love the poor, we need to love the sick, and we need to love those who we perceive as different. If love guides our actions, we can end AIDS. If love drives our actions, we can build a better world.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0725/Elton-John-5-stories-from-his-
In His Eyes
Words by Mindy Jostyn & Jacob Brackman
Music by Mindy Jostyn
(For the clients of the Village Center for Care AIDS Day Treatment Center
on West 20th Street, New York City) - Mindy
In His eyes, you’re a fire that never goes out
A light on the top of a hill
In His eyes you’re a poet, a painter, a prophet
With a mission of love to fulfill
Outside there’s a world so enchantingly strange
A maze of illusion and lies
But there’s never a story that ever could change
The glory of you in His eyes
In His eyes you’re a radiant vision of beauty
A gemstone cut one of a kind
You’re fine as a diamond, deep as a ruby
Rare as a jade in His mind
No need to believe all you may have been told
No need to live in disguise
You’re brighter than silver, purer than gold
A pearl beyond price in His eyes
You’re an innocent child in the sight of His face
No cause for blame or fear or disgrace
He sees only goodness, His vision is true
And nothing can change the perfection of you in His eyes
In His eyes, you’re a fire that never goes out
A light on the top of a hill
You’re a rose in the forest, a prelude from Bach
A triumph of heavenly skill
Outside there’s a world that keeps breaking your heart
And tearing your dreams down to size
But guiding you homeward, piercing the dark
Is the lovelight that shines in His eyes
Now and forever, that light never dies
You’re dearly beloved in His eyes
World AIDS Day: ‘Neither do I condemn you … – Washington Post
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