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Written at 2am November 5th after Barak Obama was confirmed
as our new President
I hate cynicism
It’s small and judgmental and lives in a narrow box
On the contrary, I am, tonight,
a first snow night,
inspired.
Yesterday was a day of watching the opposite of cynicism
and finding myself expanded and grateful.
Spending the day at the polls,
observing humanity parade by.
Some aware of the privilege they enjoy living in a democracy.
Others not quite sure, treading softly,
like on new snow, feeling their way.
At the end of my polling obligations
I drove a young Native woman home from her journey to cast a
vote.
We talked about her diagnosis,
her adjustments to living with cancer.
And my heart cracked open at her conviction,
in spite of her weariness, to let her voice be heard.
And finally watching the election results with friends,
ready to celebrate a victory for each of us and our nation.
Any trace of the cynicism that eight years of missteps
had wound around my heart
melted
as I listened and watched Barak Obama speak to the world.
For I saw
a man who had transcended the difficulties life had presented
him –
Raised by a single mother, her skin white to his black, who
died much too early,
The lack of a father’s presence
And a country divided and unable to see it’s way out of
the snare of cynicism and greed.
He had a
vision. And
so he stepped up to lead us.
He had a vision that carried hope and wisdom;
courage and commitment.
One that included all the people,
united in their passion for the possibility
the future could hold for us and the children of tomorrow.
The opposite of cynicism.
“Yes, we can.”
Which must be preceded by “Yes, I can.”
That midwife of your dreams.
Confidently holding a vast space of possibility.
Given nourishment, it blossoms and connects
with similar hopes and courage
and becomes “Yes, we can.”
And so I’m
grateful
to be alive at this moment
and a part of the interconnected web
of smiling, tearful faces,
all linked by a dream,
too long asleep
Now once again awakened.
Has “Yes,
I can” visited you in the night?
What dreams are calling to be born in your waking life?
Resist the
thorny branches of cynicism and No.
Call a prayer of gratitude to the Source of your inspiration,
and kiss awake the dream.
Coach Victoria
(970)259-9040
Victoria@truelifecoach.net
