Re: Millennium Dream

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Dear ,

The words that come to me when I read this are " Amen, my

brother and I am there.. " I agree with you fully, too many walls and

not enuf bridges..Compassion is the key! Thank you!! Light and

Love, LUNA

>

> Millennium Dream

> by: Steve Goodier, , Source Unknown

>

>

> The daughter of comedian Groucho Marx was once denied admittance to

> an exclusive country club swimming pool with her friends because

she

> and her family were not members. Realizing what had happened,

> embarrassed officials sent the Marx family an apology and an

> application to join. Groucho declined the invitation with the

> comment, " I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me

as

> a member. "

>

> Someone still tried to smooth over the incident by persuading the

> comedian to allow an application to be submitted for membership.

The

> country club was embarrassed further when the application was

denied.

> The reason? The Marx family was Jewish and the club

was " restricted. "

>

> True to form, Groucho wrote back: " My wife is not Jewish. Can she

go

> swimming and let our daughter wade up to her waist? "

>

> I love his use of humor, but Groucho effectively shines a spotlight

> on the prevalence and absurdity of prejudice. He must have felt, as

> did Sir Isaac Newton so many years earlier, that we build too many

> walls and not enough bridges.

>

> I yearn for a time when we courageously break down those walls that

> divide and build wide bridges between one another. I long for a

super-

> highway of compassion and acceptance spanning our differences to

> unite all humanity as one. I dream of a new millennium where people

> will be finally connected heart to heart and mind to mind.

>

> And I will do my small part to make that future come true.

>