a giving of thanks...

A giving of thanks…with heads bowed and hearts hopeful…

for the blessings of the universe,

for the dreams that dance with us eternally;

A giving of thanks…with peace and passion abounding…

for the blessings of the heart,

for humility in abundant times,

for strength in times of stress and travail;

A giving of thanks…with eyes raised and souls soaring…

for the spirits walking with us,

for the hopes coloring our days,

for the gifts of love and light and sweet laughter…

A giving of thanks…

A Moment in Time

There are moments that history cannot…that history will not…deny; moments that are seared into our collective consciousness as citizens of America, as citizens of the world, as citizens of a universe wherein all things are possible.

The election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44^th President of the United States is such a moment.

It doesn’t matter if we supported him or if we didn’t, the power of the moment is, to my mind anyway, undeniable.

We know the story of his roots in Kansas and Kenya and Hawaii…the story of him being half black and half white, half African and half American…the story has resonance and the election…a moment that historians to come will point to as a significant point in the history of this country…has amazing resonance as well.

I have no idea how the Obama administration will rise or fall but however things unfold the power and significance of the moment will remain undiminished (it is, I will admit, a moment I had not really dared to dream would occur in my lifetime.)

There are moments…and this moment is heartening (and now it’s up to the next President and his administration to take that moment and move forward with it.)