Persephone Arbour

I subscribe to Ezinearticles.com – and occasionally post my writings, and find articles there. With the author’s permission, I edited this one a bit for Conversations, I would like to thank him. (his details are at the end of this article) Persephone

Jan 20^th 2009
Fear and greed have damaged the world economy, personal responsibility seems to be at an all time low and the vibrational energy of the universe has never reached such a slump since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The world situation seems bleak with everyone playing the blame game with wars and famine popping up all over the world.

That was until today. I remember listening to the Rev. Martin Luther King make his famous “I have a dream” speech. In his dream  he made the claim that he had seen the “Promised Land.” I was raised in a racist America and never believed that I would see a black man elected as President during my lifetime. It was as recent as the mid 70s that my wife (Vietnamese) and I (a white man) were refused a hotel room in rural Mississippi because of her race.

Like many Americans, I was in tears when President Obama made his acceptance speech. It was a life-long dream come true. Not only that, my hope for the evolution of human consciousness was renewed.

His speech, to me, did not sound like a President’s acceptance speech. It sounded more like the world’s greatest self fulfillment “Guru” giving the best, inspirational success seminar ever. He spoke of fear and greed. He emphasized the need to take personal responsibility and how that is a requirement if you ever wish to act with confidence. He spoke of how we must careflly listen to other so that we truly understand each other and treat others throughout the world with mutual admiration and respect. It was a magnificent and moving speech.

Just a few minutes ago, I heard President Obama interviewed by Katie Couric. He then made  the most important statement of all. He said: “We must teach our children to dream big dreams. Teach them: Don’t sell yourself short”

Stan Pontiere has been an avowed self-help geek since high school-more than 40 years ago. For more information on self-fulfillment please visit: http://www.wealthbyaffirmation.com or his blog at: http://wealthbyaffirmation.blogspot.com/

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