This is an entry I actually wrote a couple weeks back, and just never got around to posting. Well, better late then never, right folks! 
I find quotes that strike me in the strangest places! From famous poems to children’s cartoons; from popular movies to obscure songs. Here’s one that some of you geekier friends (that’s actually a compliment, coming from me) might recognize. Optimus Prime’s dieing words from the original animated Transformers movies. Now, this was a seriously traumatic event for a children’s movie. Actually, the whole movie was basically a cheap stunt by toy makers to kill off the original characters and pave the way for a new wave of cheap toys…but that doesn’t mean it was a stupid movie. Killing off Optimus Prime was a pretty gutsy movie, and one that had ramifications that the producers could never have expected (they didn’t realize that they’d created a truly iconic character with Prime, who was a hero to millions of children the world over). His death hit a lot of people hard…..you remember when you cried when Bambi’s Mom died? This was even sadder. Still, I happen to like the scene. Prime went down a hero, and managed to pass off a few last words of wisdom before he passed on to the Allspark. “Until that day…..till all are one.” Simple words, to be sure, but they mean a lot to me. It represents an ideal. The hope for a future when all beings, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or even species, will finally put aside their differences and work together towards a better future. “Till all are one.” Not one nation, but one dream. I’ve actually seen a taste of this over the last few weeks, thanks to the Summer Olympics. Sure, there was contention and conflict. This is a competition after all! But it wasn’t about the competition…it was about coming together for a common goal. People the world over cheered for Michael Phelps, not just Americans. I found myself cheering for athletes from other countries just as often as I cheered for my own! The theme for these Olympics was “One world, one dream.” Again, it’s an ideal…but a good one. I can only hope that some people will remember the feelings of camaraderie that came from these games, and hold on to that feeling. It’s something everyone should remember.
