As we all prepare to participate in Saturday’s mass protest, I want to share a few things I am reflecting on……

This is personal for me…..Not because I am special or unique, but because I am an American citizen!  And as an American, I am a complex human being who views the world from many perspectives and life experiences.  For example, I am a person who was born in the segregated South – in the heart of Dixie; I have paternal ancestors who were slave owners; I grew up in a military family; I am myself a military retiree; my mother was an immigrant; I am a woman; I am gay; I am spiritual but not religious, I am a lifelong Democrat; I am a senior citizen; I have traveled to and lived in many countries around the world;  my maternal ancestors have lived on virtually every continent in the world.  There are so many descriptors that color my way of looking at the world, and this is not unique to me – This is true for every American!  That is what makes our country complex!  And it is why we are working through so much division and awakening to the complexity of our differences and similarities right now!

This weekend, many Americans with complex views and life experiences are coming together to speak with one voice – that there are no Kings or Dictators permitted in our representative form of government.  In our country, it is “We the People” who decide our future – not a King, not a Dictator.  We will unify as one people, despite our differences, because we are recognizing that without asserting the power of our unified voices against tyranny, and without acknowledging a commitment to caring for each other as “Americans” worthy of our respect, decency and honor (no matter how we got here, where we came from, or where we are going), we cannot be the country we thought we were!  We must align our truths and our values with our stated form of government! And this is where I think many of us are landing!  We want something different and something honest, and we do not want to promote that lie again!

And so, I invite you to consider something important as we unite on Saturday:

What kind of a country do you want to live in? How would it look? How would it feel? How would you feel living in it? How would it be different than what you have experienced in your life up to this point?

Rather than focusing entirely on what we are mobilizing AGAINST, let’s consider giving even more of our thoughts and energy and focus on what we are FOR!  Let’s visualize that, feel that, and give it as much energy as we can so that we manifest it in the country and in the world!  In the peacefulness of our protests, lets fill them with joy and a desire for transformation! Our ancestors made it possible for all of us to be here in this moment in time for a reason! 

Let’s agree that we will move past this current moment of apparent darkness, and commit to making it so much better than it was before!

What we are experiencing presently is the deeply buried and unresolved darkness of our collective past coming to the surface to be faced, acknowledged, and then transmuted.  Let’s face it, acknowledge it, and send out love from our collective hearts to all who have suffered, gone unseen, been devalued, been silenced and been discarded.  Let’s lift them up and carry them forward into a new country we wish to create and energize and empower!

There is a metaphysical saying:  “Your inner world reflects your outer world”.  Let’s make sure our inner world is filled with love and peace, so that we manifest an outer world that reflects the same!

To all of those in the US and around the world taking part in the mass protest on Saturday, June 14th (whether in person or in spirit)……..Thank you!! 

In Solidarity!