This Little Light of Mine

One of the Top 5 Near Death Experiences I had travelling alone: I took the Metro North an hour out of New York City and found myself at Pete Seeger’s Great Hudson River Revival. A storm popped up out of nowhere and those of little faith started fleeing to the shuttles out of there. I sought out the only real shelter on the entire premises: a pavilion right next to the banks of the Hudson. The wind kicked up and it started raining sideways and I thought it was the end. Someone under the shelter started singing This Little Light of Mine, everyone joined in, and the storm was over as soon as it began. I watched one of my favorite bands against the backdrop of a clear sunset a few hours later and everything was beautiful and perfect.