When we name a baby,
we place the infant on Elijah’s chair
to symbolize possibility in the child,
its potential to better our broken world.
This new year we all sit on Elijah’s chair,
each with the potential in our hands, our hearts, and our voices,
to better our world
even when we think not.
In this new year, let us bring our potential to bear.
With no magic recipe or instruction
we each remember:
we sit on that chair,
and we sit together,
poised to move forward
for goodness.
