At the teary ending of "It's A Wonderful Life", George Bailey sings "Auld Lang Syne", along with his friends and family, to celebrate the New Year and his re-birth, from a doomed savings and loan officer facing certain ruin, to a loved and supported member of the community.
The lyrics, written by Robert Burns, are comprised of Scottish verbiage with Anglicized interpretation. In it's original form, the phrase "Should auld acquintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?" is posed as a rhetorical question and, as such, the words take on new meaning. Of course old times should never be forgotten, confirmed by the final four words "For Aud Lang Syne", or, "may old times live on".
How appropriate. The song celebrates the good times and long-standing friendships formed in years past, and that's exactly what occurred during our reunion. Would that we could all be together as the year comes to an end, to take a communal cup of kindness and vow that our wonderful, mutual memories will never be forgotten.
As we celebrate the arrival of the new year, in many and varied ways, I'm certain that we will all be thinking about that weekend in September, when we joined hands and reaffirmed that the joy of the Omega days were, and still are, the greatest times of our lives.
And so, I want to take the opportunity to wish all of my Omegan brothers and sisters a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, and thank you all for the wonderful new memories we made this year and the cherished ones from days of old. They will live on and on.
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