My mind went to the battles fought for so long by folks whose names are legend to most of us and the victory that is embodied in that one banner greeting every arrival at the Denver airport.

I was hugging that wonderful feeling to myself through the entire ride to the conference hotel and, after checking in, had the delightful experience of finally meeting Max - if you're here at the conference, be sure to ask for him at the Concierge desk. Max and I have been talking on the phone for a while now and he will, in fact, be volunteering at the conference.

Anyway, after we exchanged hugs and I told him about the banner, he told me how wonderful it is for him to work at a hotel that is so accepting and inclusive of the lgbt population. And we talked about events that have come to Denver lately and how he felt when he saw the rainbow flags all up and down the main streets of the city.

So what's my point, other than to wax rhapsodic about how I felt yesterday? Well, my point is that when you're engaged in a daily struggle for every breath you can forget how sweet the air can smell when it's fresh and clean.

We're making progress - wonderful progress. We are finally at a point where we really CAN impact the administration. Let's not focus so much on what's wrong and take a moment to look at what's right - or at least better!

Most of the rest of the lyrics to that song are below.

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do just when everything looked so dark?

(Man, they said "We'd better accentuate the positive")
("Eliminate the negative")
("And latch on to the affirmative")
Don't mess with Mister In-Between (No!)
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

(Ya got to spread joy up to the maximum)
(Bring gloom down to the minimum)
(Have faith or pandemonium's)
(Liable to walk upon the scene)