January 11, 2015
(This is part of a 365 project during my 70th
year about gifts that each day brings.)
At first,
I was not going to turn on the news this morning. I was tired of being
inundated with reports of hatred and division. A few minutes later, I felt a
lump in my throat and my eyes tearing up. The screen was filled with good news;
the commentators were talking about an amazing rally in Paris.
This was
not a typical political or jingoistic rally. It went beyond that and deeper. It was about unity. Perhaps as many as a
million people had gathered to announce that they stood united. The assassinations
at Charlie Hebdo and the other events surrounding that incident became a
catalyst for diverse people to show singularity. Some in the crowd were
offended by the political cartoons of the satiric publication but they were
hundreds of times more offended by the slaughter and the intent of radicalists who
want to murder free speech. They defend freedom to be blasphemous.
The many
voices of diversity are speaking as one voice for what we as brothers and
sisters of the human race cannot accept— and what we can become…together. Call
me an idealist but I’d rather live with a sweet taste in my mouth than
the bitterness of cynicism. I’d rather live each day with hope for how we can
evolve.
Je suis toi et tu es moi. Nous sommes unis dans l'espérance pour l'humanité.
Today’s gift is hope.
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