Boots On, America! New Game On!

Good Morning Everyone!

Wow! Wow! Wow! A new day has dawned in America, at last! These are amazing times we live in.
Last night I went to a neighbor's home to watch the election returns. I was stunned. When I arrived about 7:30 pm (PST), everything on television was a "projection". By 8:15 we were watching Senator McCain's gracious concession speech. I've never seen an election happen that fast.

But I don't want to talk about politics today; I want to tell you what happened in my heart last night. As the cameras panned the crowds in Times Square Station in New York and Grant Park in Chicago, what I saw were the myriad faces of America. There in tears, celebrating and cheering were every race, nationality, and religion. I don't remember seeing all Americans so happy since we landed on the moon. Tears were rolling down my face, as well.

Then I noticed an ease coming into my body. Some posture, some old longing and yearning was being fulfilled. Then I understood. This is what the Me of me has been holding the space for for over 40 years. That thing that I suppose I came in with, that all encompassing love and inclusion was being fulfilled in the physical. I still weep with joy, as I write this, feeling that Gladness in my heart.

I never lost hope in our America or our world or all our people. I have, I will admit, felt weary.

This election has reflected a consciousness shift in America. The time is now. Where as in the last election we had 48% of the popular vote, this time a firm 52%. In four years 4% of the people grew their consciousness. This election was not about the issues of economy, war and politics so much as it demonstrates an expansion of our consciousness. Our willingness and desire to grow and change; feel good about who we are as a people and include everyone. It is a movement into Oneness.

Hope, joy, and love have returned to America. This ushers in a new era of strength in Love. Hmm, where have we heard that before? Love includes, endures, hopes, and believes. It is not naive but wide awake. This might be a good time to read 1 Corinthians 13 which I will include here now.

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¹ If I speak in human and angelic tongues ² but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.

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And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

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If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

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³ Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,

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it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,

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it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.

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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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⁴ Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.

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For we know partially and we prophesy partially,

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but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

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When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.

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At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.

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⁵ So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Then is now. It has come.

President Elect Obama has called for our help. It is all hands on deck. So how can we help in our every day, ordinary lives?

Our assignment is simple: we return intolerance with tolerance. We soothe and include, rather than rub salt into old wounds and make others bad or wrong. We, turn the other cheek. We allow. We listen. We love. We include.

President Elect Obama in his victory speech last night said this:

“This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.

“It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.

“So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other."

So, what can you do right now? You can summon up that new spirit of patriotism which means you return intolerance and bigotry, which is thinly disguised fear, with tolerance and hopefully allowance. You listen respectfully to those who are scared of this change. You hear them. You return Love to them.
There are a lot of folks out there today who feel doom about this change, who are afraid. To them President Elect O'bama said this:

“And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too."

The time of divisiveness is over. We, too, have to change. We no longer call them "bigots" or "narrow-minded". There is no more name calling. There is only me listening to you, with my full attention and respect for your opinions and concerns. There is only me tell you, there is a place for everyone at this banquet.

Boots On! Time to live the consciousness we espouse. Time to be the change we want to see in the world. There is much work to do; and much adventure, surprise, and delight to be witnessed along the way.

Boots On, America! New Game On!

Thanks for reading!

Kath