DIWALI WISHES & The THANK YOU song

On the Hindi festival of Diwali, it seemed appropriate to say Thank You for all the blessings we have had in the past year, and to remember how truly  fortunate most of us really are.

Several years ago Erica Viegas, from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, went to Mumbai to volunteer with One! International. Erica’s family have connections to Mumbai and to India, but she wanted to see “the other side” of India.

As most volunteers do, Erica fell in love with the children.

THANK YOU

Children everywhere are beautiful

With or Without shoes on their feet

People everywhere are trying to live life the best they can

Whether or not there’s food to eat.

And what is it that exempts me from reality surrounding this life

What is it that protects me from the world outside?

I am one of those, a lucky person I suppose

Who had a chance and had a life…the gift of being free

But I’m the privileged one of dozens more where I come from

Who live in tattered situations

Don’t know each day what they’ll be facing

And I want to Thank You wherever you are.

People everywhere are searching

Just trying to find some light

And there are souls everywhere wondering

Just how to make things right

And what is it that exempts me from reality surrounding this life

What is it that protects me from the world outside?

I am one of those, a lucky person I suppose

Who had a chance and had a life…the gift of being free

But, I’m the privileged one of dozens more where I come from

Who live in tattered situations

Don’t know each day what they’ll be facing

And I want to Thank You wherever you are.

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I would like to wish all of you a very Joyous Diwali and a very healthy and prosperous New Year.