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Jan. 20th, 2009 11:56 amBarak Obama's campaign for the presidency of the US was driven by the slogan "Yes we can." And that's a lovely thought.
"Yes we can" was transformed into "Yes we did!" Yes, we did a great thing and elected a candidate who we believed stands for a change for the better, who can guide us towards a better place and who represents change in ways that were unfathomable not so long ago.
That's a lovely thought, but there's a step missing in there.
What happened to "Yes, we are?"
Yes we are the ones working for change in our homes and our communities. Yes we are taking on the responsibility of working to heal our world.
And yes, we are willing to be called to task when we don't participate in improving our society and our world.
It doesn't matter whether we like or dislike the leaders of our country, whether we agree or disagree with the politics and policies. We all have a responsibility to our families (families of origin, families of choice-it doesn't matter,) our communities, our world to work towards a better place. We are the catalyst, we are the bricks for building a better world, and it doesn't matter who is president of the United States, and we need to be those things whether or not the president is a leader who we feel stands with us or not.
Yes, we can make things better.
As Mahatma Gandhi said, "We need to be the change we wish to see in the world."
So I hope, my friends, as we approach this new era, this unbelievable change, that we aren't swept away with "Yes we did" but we remember that "Yes we can" is still our mission.
"Yes we can" was transformed into "Yes we did!" Yes, we did a great thing and elected a candidate who we believed stands for a change for the better, who can guide us towards a better place and who represents change in ways that were unfathomable not so long ago.
That's a lovely thought, but there's a step missing in there.
What happened to "Yes, we are?"
Yes we are the ones working for change in our homes and our communities. Yes we are taking on the responsibility of working to heal our world.
And yes, we are willing to be called to task when we don't participate in improving our society and our world.
It doesn't matter whether we like or dislike the leaders of our country, whether we agree or disagree with the politics and policies. We all have a responsibility to our families (families of origin, families of choice-it doesn't matter,) our communities, our world to work towards a better place. We are the catalyst, we are the bricks for building a better world, and it doesn't matter who is president of the United States, and we need to be those things whether or not the president is a leader who we feel stands with us or not.
Yes, we can make things better.
As Mahatma Gandhi said, "We need to be the change we wish to see in the world."
So I hope, my friends, as we approach this new era, this unbelievable change, that we aren't swept away with "Yes we did" but we remember that "Yes we can" is still our mission.
