New Beginnings

I typed "New Beginnings" into the image search on Google, and this came up as one of the choices - It reads: "These crocuses, poking their heads up through a powder of late snow reminded me of a quote by Albert Camus, 'In the depth of winter, I finally learned that inside me there lay an invincible summer.'"

An invincible summer - a season of joy, energy, hope and celebration - shining through the depths of the coming winter's cold and grey days. What a lovely thought - and so appropriate to what I'm feeling today. After months of being without work, and forcing myself to truly evaluate how I see myself and value myself, the Universe has presented an opportunity that fits everything we've been looking for - a job close to our land, that pays enough to allow us to fulfill our dream of living on our land, and that will allow me to get to know my new community and allow them to get to know me. We'll be closer to friends and chosen family, and finally able to call Pyrth Annwn our true home.

As the cold winds of November swirled around my shoulders today, that invincible summer had me grinning from ear to ear.

The Power Of HOPE

Hope - such a small word, but full of so much promise. We have elected Barak Obama as our first African American president - a harvard graduate who learned from an early age the importance of community.

Building community, bridging differences, finding room for tolerance are all qualities we strive to live every day and now the leader of our country will be doing the same.

A man on NPR today said: "Rosa Parks sat, so that Martin Luther King Jr could walk. Martin Luther King Jr walked so that Barak Obama could run. Barak Obama ran so that one day we could fly."

Let's spread our wings and on the winds of HOPE, may we soar to heights of equality, tolerance and understanding, the likes of which this country has never dreamed of.

Namaste