Let me take this opportunity on the eve of the Christmas celebration to offer to you all holiday blessings and best wishes for the new year.
2001 has been a year filled with much violence and hate. It has also been a year when people have demonstrated that violence and hate can be overcome through community, diversity, understanding and love.
Let us accept the light that enters our lives at this time of year. Let us welcome the hope that comes with light at the darkest time of the year. Let us accept the warming of our hearts and souls that light brings. Let us accept the clear vision that light allows us. Let us act with the love that is released when we have hope, warmth and clear vision.
