Tuesday, November 04, 2008

A short meditation for America

Like the rest of the world my morning starts with thoughts of America. Thoughts of hope, thoughts of fear. Never in my lifetime have so many people around the world needed to believe that the self proclaimed greatest nation on earth would do the right thing on a single day. But we do. We need you, America, to believe in your own rhetoric, to believe in yourselves as much as you have been asking the rest of the world to believe in you.

So this morning, as America wakes up and teeters on the brink of the most important decision of a generation, I start my day meditating on love and peace and hope. You say “we are the ones” and “yes we can.” Today, I believe you, America. Please don’t disappoint me.