An Olympic moment of hope for peace

Kudos to the organizers of the Turin Winter Olympics for having the courage to feature, in the opening ceremony, comments by Yoko Ono about the need for peace, and for having Peter Gariel sing these lyrics for a worldwide audience. On a night when North and South Korea's athletes marched in together, it offered a glimmer of hope.

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

-- John Lennon