Eclipse

For a few minutes today a large population of this country was united and stood in awe to watch the total solar eclipse as the tiny moon covered the mighty sun. People drove hundreds of miles, schools announced optional days and some even stayed home from work to be able to watch this rare phenomenon. Perhaps for a few minutes there, no one was a Democrat, a Republican, a Jew, a White or any other race or color- but just a human being, someone who has a unique place in this solar system. A solar system which is so vast, so unexplored and yet has an intricate balance and moves in a flawless dance. Tomorrow all of this will be forgotten, the eclipse glasses will be tossed is a drawer somewhere, never to be seen again. What's more,  God alone knows what our civilization will look like the next time this happens here. But maybe at some level we will keep that vision of the eclipse glasses- blind to everything but only what is natural, what is supreme, and that which shines equally on all, whatever their race or color.