Monday, March 8, 2010

Happy International Women's Day!

On this day, when I think about my friends and sisters around the globe, I realize again how very blessed I am by the mere virtue of being a United States citizen. I have every freedom, every privilege and every opportunity to live to my potential. The pursuit of happiness is my birth right in my nation's constitution.

I embrace all that I have in mind, body and spirit and I send pause to those who think of the "American dream" as a race to accumulate material wealth to look again at all of the gifts that surround them that are readily available in this country!! Stop for a moment, take a deep breath and look at our abundant lives through new eyes. Just appreciate the basic things that many don't have: clean water, access to health care and free education in public schools.

And, knowing that ultimately, we are all connected and global citizens. As Virginia Woolf said beautifully: As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

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