Wasn’t the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics stunning?
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I loved what Danny Boyle conceived and realized. Particularly, I loved that peace got not one, but two mentions.
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One was evidenced by the photograph above.
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The other was created to seem like human replicas of the original peace doves which were released at the first Olympiad.
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I oohed and aahed along with the 65,000 others and the one billion television viewers at the be-lighted, be-winged performers as they entered on bicycles.
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And when the first lone soloist took off for the cosmos, I cried.
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Pageantry aside, the heartening truth of the matter is that peace itself as doves, as aspiration, as part of history was a part of the thirtieth Olympiad just as it ought to have been.
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Great good luck to all the athletes!
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Peace on.
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By Susan Corso | For spiritual nourishment, please visit www.susancorso.com