"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Friday 12 February 2010

AHHH

My face hurts from smiling. I've been watching the opening ceremonies of the Games in Vancouver. All those beautiful joyful young people walking and sometimes skipping together,
from every corner of the world, proud to be walking behind their countries' flags.Delighted to be where they were.

The first part was breathtaking when the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada performed their welcoming ritual dances. You know how something spectacular, like a beautifully rendered song or a piece of music, or a baby, can bring tears to your eyes .

The arena with thousands and thousands of people cheering and enjoying the spectacle. Remembering our own small part when the torch came through Aurora on its way to the games.

In such a moment in time, you know you are alive and glad of it.

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