By 7:55, I started shedding tears and knew I couldn't watch alone. Cindy didn't plan to get up until 9am, but I woke her and she immediately joined me. We sat and held hands while I cried for the next 2 hours. Then she had to go to work, but by that time he was sworn in, and I was only crying now and then. I continued to watch until 2pm when I decided I needed to get dressed and get some fresh air, but by 5 pm, I was back in front of the TV watching wonderful photographic montages set to Aretha Franklin singing her unbeatable, unstoppable, fantastic gospel rendition of "My Country Tis of Thee." And I was crying again.
Every morning as part of my Buddhist practice I say the Daily Recitation which is a collection of verses taught at Vichara Bodhiyana Monastery reiterating the Buddhist principles by which I try to live my life. Shortly after 5 today, my teacher Nancy Spence sent an email with this subject line: "An Auspicious Day" and five lines from near the end of the Daily Recitation.
O, Happy Blessed Day!O, Happy Blessed Place!O, Happy Blessed Time!O, Happy Blessed Path!O, Happy Blessed Opportunity!
Namaste
1 comment:
I don't have tv to watch but I watched it online with Katie Couric on the CBS internet site. I cried every time they showed Obama and I have no clue why. No one have ever moved me in the political world at all before this.
Something about this man is unique. I never think about his skin color, but the way he talks, the sound of his voice, is both comforting and exciting at the same time.
I had to leave home at 9:30 so I got to hear the prayer after the swearing in but that was all.
Danny Shepard wants your e-mail so I am sending him to this blog or your other one if that is alright. He is interested in blogging for money.
:-)
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