an invisible hand

Our International Potluck   

potlucks can be extraordinary:

individuals choose what to make and bring
and a medley of courses
can sing a wholeness upon the table,

with this potluck we first celebrate our differences,
the individual take within a country, within a family,
on ingredients, combinations, preparation,
so that ethnicity, history, culture, individuality
sing their notes and somehow the whole harmonizes together,

when we are most within our differences
we can still connect
and celebrate a wholeness within which
each of us is a treasured voice,
and the song we make together
can be even more amazing,

and today it was delicious,

may we always live the lesson
of how from many we can be one.

by Henry H. Walker
November 20, ’12