It Starts Today
It’s official. With the Inauguration of a new President, the United States has entered a new era. However, it’s not business as usual because it’s not the world as usual. As we were reminded in President Obama’s Inaugural Address, we are faced with a worldwide economic crisis, a natural world deteriorating under global warming, and religious fundamentalism that threatens our basic human right to live, think and choose freely.
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Today America has given power to a leader who has reminded us that we as individuals and as a global community have power to change things. For the last eight years we were lulled into complacency by a government that made us believe we were helpless, that our beliefs, opinions and actions mattered little, and that the best we could do was to eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall surely die.
But today we have been awakened from our stupor. We have been reminded that not only do we possess power, but we have a responsibility to do what is right and good in this world. We have been reminded that we are here on this world, in this life, in whatever circumstance we may be for a reason. We are the creators of our destiny and it is our duty to discover that purpose. Then once we understand why we are here, it comes down to us to live that purpose wholeheartedly without wavering.
Today we have been challenged to not just support our government, but to be the government. Are we ready to get up and make things happen?
