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I am a seeker of truths. I am a soul who has been "awakened" and now an awakener of other souls. Two years ago, something happened to me that I can only explain as a kind of "awakening" from a haze that was my everyday life. The embers of "who I was was" that stirred deep within me were set aflame when I went to see a movie. I wasn't expecting this experience, which is why in part I think it happened. I left the theatre crying and with the most throbbing headache I've ever had, but not the average kind of headache crying gives you. This was the kind of headache characters in movies have after waking up from a coma. The world seemed new to me and it was as if I was remembering my life and who I was for the very first time. Since then, my life has changed in so many ways. And now it has led me here, to this new forum of shared thoughts and ideas. Like the first time I posted my "awakening" experience on a public website, I am again feeling this fear of "Is this really the right place for me to post this?" But like two years ago, I'm willing to take this risk again because I know how important it is to share my experience with as many people as I can, with the hope that others who have had a similar experience, or at least the desire to understand more about what this is about might have the courage to come together and find one another through this blog. It is my hope and belief that I will read the stories of others who are also "seekers" here. Welcome.

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To Obama Campaign: Take A Hope/Change Time-Out

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Contributed by: Dianne Perea on 7/7/2008

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

I know there are many people who have had it up to here with the words "hope" and "change." Both these words have lost their meaning to a large segment of the population who feel the words have been over-played, like a song on the radio you just can't hear one more time. Perhaps we need to restate ourselves. By electing Barack Obama, we anticipate this will affect our behaviors, and thus our country's results, for we would be insane to elect John McCain and expect anything different than what we have and where we are today.

However...

When talking about changing our behaviors as a country and as individual citizens in order to get better results for our country, it is only natural to not want to rid ourselves of what is good with our country and for our people. Stepping into the shoes of those who are wary of change, I can see why they may not have such a positive feeling about phrases such as "turning the page." Think of it as a coloring book page, where millions of people have added their stroke of color to the scene. Maybe to some, turning the page means a new, white sheet of paper where we have to start all over again. That would be scary to me, too. With a little bit of softening and clarifying language, how easy it would be to reassure the American people that all won't be lost as we move into a new, positive direction. Perhaps devoting some time talking about the good aspects of America that will be fiercely protected during a presidency of new ideas and ways of solving problems would put a lot of fears to rest. And this could all be done without using the words "hope" or "change" even once.

Just a thought to consider.

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