Hi all,

So, big day tomorrow. We elect a know president which means different things to different people. Some look to the president for leadership: to make the changes that need to be made in a world that we've nearly destroyed at a time of financial ruin and uncertainly for the future, in the face of tremendous hazards and challenges, and against what might seem to be all odds.

Others, like me :), look at the outcome of tomorrow's election as a symptom of the feeling of the people that make up this great country-as a bellwether of how we are feeling and what we value. Seen like this, it is not the president who makes changes, but the people that vote their energy, their ideals, their values into office. The president does not change the world: we do, and that change happens one person at a time, quietly inside. And WE do this tomorrow.

When people begin to invest locally in the farmers and neighbors whose businesses need their support instead of trying to make millions on a stock market speculating on the success or failure of companies whose values cannot be known, whose practices are untested whose faces we have not seen, we will elect a president that reflects those values: values based on greed, rather than on need. When people stop trying to fix China, Iraq, Iran, and every other place thousands of miles away that need help, and focus on the people next door, in their neighborhood, their network, their town, problems can and will get solved. When our town is healthy, we can help others. When our family is dysfunctional, that dysfunction spreads and we are energetically attached to every other dysfunctional family. Disease spreads, but so does health and love. When we love, we are attached energetically to every other person that loves. It is time to focus our energy, our attention, our every cell on that love. It is time to look around, feel the people next to you, whether this be in the classroom, at a restaurant or on facebook/myspace/friendster, etc. and send them love.

What we focus our thoughts on expands. So, if we can concentrate over the next 48 hours about the healing that our country and the world needs, the election will come out in support of that energy. If we focus on paranoia of who gets elected, the results of the election will reflect that outcome. It is my belief that this paranoia about George W. getting elected a second time, actually contributed to his second win. Fear of electing someone will lead to their getting elected.

I am not here to advocate a particular candidate, even though I have strong feelings and opinions about it. I am here to advocate that we put our thoughts were our values are. My advocacy is on healing and healthy energy for this country, and I believe if we all project this energy, it won't matter what candidate we chose, that energy will come alive-it will manifest around us in magical and miraculous ways. The president is one person, but their actions are fed by, and float on OUR energy.

A friend sent this video to me and I think it is what inspired me to blog today.

peace and love to you all.

paul