The Light Is Within Me As Us All - by Hazel Symonette

WE are the leaders we all have been looking for.
Ever rising as the sons and daughters of tomorrow's longing for a better day and a better
way
Wading in the confluence of ancient rivers with generations past, present and yet unborn
Standing on the shoulders of those now gone
who struggled against much worst with much less
Ever giving thanks for their legacy and pumping up positive expectancies--
the fertile breeding ground for miracles
Day by day, preaching a better sermon with our lives than our lips
Manifesting and modeling right walks and resolute will
Against the wall... At the edge... Yet ever pressing forward
Relentlessly affirming the positive and interrupting the negative!
Embracing every experience as a blessing or a lesson
that also can be transformed into a blessing
Lifting as we climb while
Igniting the vision and potential of new generations
Lighting the future for those yet unborn
Keeping our eyes on the prize
Still and always we rise
In spite of... if not because of...!
Guided towards our greatest and highest good
Letting nothing and no one steal our joy
WE RISE.
Ashe!

Hazel Symonette, Ph.D.
June 1997