This is an American holiday, and perhaps appreciated more this year when the independence so fought for is threatened.  We know life is movement and change but I think most of us see it as movement forward not backward.   I see the date, the fourth, as going forth.  

Amidst all that’s happening, I return to the questions the philosopher Spinoza suggested we ask ourselves each night.

What inspired me today?

Where did I experience peace, balance, comfort, or satisfaction?

What made me happy today, what, not who?

May we all travel forth on the Fourth.