Parade Of Nations

[Photo: detail from wall painting at Charles and Commercial...Vancouver].Just finished watching the "Parade Of Nations"...marking the opening of the Olympics in China. I know too well how big nations take advantage of little ones...and the dark doings of some of the nations...whose youth...representing them...march proudly behind
their flags. I know there is a lot of politicking that goes on behind the scenes...
some of it...not very lofty...that goes into...all these nations having their representatives...coming together in one place. What wins out for me...despite the not
pleasant things that may lie behind the staging of the Olympics...is seeing young people from all over the world coming together...joyfully...with the barriers between nations ...put aside for a little while. I think it is important to have events... that achieve this...reminding us all of our oneness...behind the different flags we carry...reminding us...of our common ground...............Quester.