Marlo Thomas sang the song that has popped into my head this morning. I don’t know why? But I think it has something to do with my earnest prayer and dream that we (every person the wide world over) will, in the days to come, be “Free to Be You and Me.” What does that mean? It means that your humanity will be fulfilled in all its uniqueness, wonder, beauty, sufferings, mistakes, fragility, hurts and brokenness. It means that I and all others will be willing to take your hand, walk with you, lend our voice to your song, and dance with you in your unique dance—“in that land where the children are free.” It means the same for me. You’ll hold my hand, walk with me, lend your voice to my song, and dance with me in my unique dance. Together we will do the same for every “You” and every “Me” we encounter along our way. A land “where the children are free” is a land in which we grow human together.
There’s a land that I see where the children are free
And I say it ain’t far to this land from where we are
Take my hand, come with me, where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we’ll live
In a land where the river runs free
In a land through the green country
In a land to a shining sea
And you and me are free to be you and me
I see a land bright and clear, and the time’s coming near
When we’ll live in this land, you and me, hand in hand
Take my hand, come along, lend your voice to my song
Come along, take my hand, sing a song
Every boy in this land grows to be his own man
In this land, every girl grows to be her own woman
Take my hand, come with me where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we’ll run
To a land where the river runs free
To a land though the green country
To a land to a shining sea
To a land where the children are free
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be you and me
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