Let
us give action to our finest impulses,
people
of this great free land…
Let
us be superior to our fears,
to
the easy prejudices,
to
the ugly urge to hate,
to
the poison of arrogance,
to
the quick judgment,
to
the coward’s tactic of bullying,
to
the stubbornness of always being right,
and
to all things that demean,
and
discredit, that hurt and ruin,
that
drag all of us away from our
giant
selves so capable of love…
Let
us lift our voices in praise
of
life, in celebration of the
human
spirit that
wants,
that craves,
that
needs goodness…
Let
us fall on our knees
in
awe of children,
of
the wise,
of
the brave,
of
the undaunted…
Let
us clap our hands
and
stand in honor
of
soldiers and teachers,
of
librarians and therapists,
of
gardeners and wait staff,
of
flight attendants and firemen,
of
street vendors and retail clerks,
of
nursing aids and grill cooks,
of
bartenders and stay at home moms…
Let
us speak up for the unspoken,
the
disabled and the displaced,
the
addicted and the abandoned,
the
alien and the derelict,
the
different and the defeated…
Let
us be kind and benevolent,
deeply
spiritual and love directed,
smart
and knowledgeable…
Let
us be gritty,
stalwart
and rugged,
salty
and resilient,
undoubtable
and human…
Let
us dream and imagine,
build
and create,
work
and achieve,
practice
and perfect…
Let
us be great Americans,
but
let us never be afraid to be
citizens
of Earth,
to
honor all humans everywhere, and
to
learn to live graciously,
triumphantly,
intelligently,
in
this big wide world.
©
2013 Timothy Moody
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