Campaign Pledge 2012

It’s an election year here in the US. Unless you’ve been living in a cave you already know that I suppose. With the political conventions that have happened over the past couple weeks there have been an awful lot of politicians making an awful lot of pledges and accusations and smug jokes at the other party’s expense and a whole lot of blaming. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment, in the rhetoric and go along with whichever point of view you ascribe to. In fact that’s just exactly what they hope you will do, go along with them to wherever they’re going.

Here’s the thing, I don’t want to go along. I want to create. 

Now, I can clearly see that there are plenty of people out there already who are willing to take the role of politician, lobbyist, pundit, and certainly Facebook political commentator. That left me asking myself last night, “Well then, what is mine to do to help create this new world?” The answer was quite clear.

So here is my pledge to you my fellow Americans (and fellow souls of Earth): Until this presidential election is over I will not focus on one candidate or another, nor one party or another. I will not focus on rhetoric or statements of blame. I will focus on the vision of a peaceful country. I will focus on the vision of a compassionate country. I will focus on the vision of a tolerant country where we practice the golden rule of do unto others as you would have done unto you. I will focus on a country where we can discuss and disagree in love and understanding. I will focus on a country where all people are treated equally, where all people have equal opportunity, equal education, equal rights. I will focus on a country that sets an example of fairness and that holds a vision of a world that reflects all these qualities. I will focus on the country I know is possible, that I know most people who live here want. I will focus on the world I know already exists in so many hearts.

I will focus on these things because I know that in holding that vision the leader who aligns with it will naturally be called forth, whoever that leader is.

The only way to create this world of love and peace, compassion and kindness is to do it together. So I would invite you to do the same. The more people who hold a clear vision of the world we want to create, the sooner we will manifest that vision. I have felt it, I have seen it, I know it is already there waiting to be called forth, just as a leader who holds that same vision is also ready. Join me now, and in each moment of your day, in holding the vision of a world that is a worthy gift to all the children of this country and this earth.