Let’s Change the Course of History by Visualizing Our Highest Choice
for the 2004 Election!

As I write this article, I look out at an early morning view of the lovely, lush cove that I live in. The sky is brilliant blue, the sun’s rays golden as they pass over the mountain. The wind gusts fresh and fast and crisp, hinting at early Spring.

Concurrently, I feel a profound sense of unease and urgency which grows daily. As I write, the Earth and her atmosphere continue to be usurped from Earthkind in the name of economic gain. This will not stand with me. Nor should it stand for any human on this planet who has the right to be part of a sustainable, life-promoting and ever green world. To bury our heads in the sand now for the sake of remaining “comfortable and safe” is to be complicit in the crime.

This is the bad news and this is the good news. I believe we are the ones we’ve been waiting for!

This election year represents a point in history where all people of Spirit and Conscience get to unite and together choose to change the course of our shared future on Earth. there is no other option, given the current path of destruction we are headed on. Using the amazing powers we each have at our command—the power to vote and the power to visualize, we can manifest our highest choice for a conscious, spirit-based government by the people, for the people. As Americans will help turn the tide of history. Imagine it is 2005. By focusing on, visualizing and uniting in electing our highest choice for President, we’ve sworn in a courageous, spiritual, principled and visionary statesman into the Presidential Office who will pull us out of the war in Iraq. This President is dedicated to actively building a sustainable future for ourselves and our children. Imagine the collective sigh of relief that we in America, those in the global community, and the Earth itself, all breathe as the focus shifts from war making to peacemaking, from certain environmental destruction to life-supporting sustainability.

How do we bring this down to earth now? The current popular but very dangerous voting strategy of most Americans who fervently desire a change from the current Presidential administration is the "Anyone-But-Bush" strategy. Instead of focusing on the negative, I propose something entirely different. Try reframing your highest choice in the positive. Who is it that I do want? Who among the candidates most strongly stands for a viable future on this planet? Who possesses the practical vision of a sustainable future for America and for America’s participation in a peace-based global community?

On April 17th, North Carolina residents will have a chance to stand up for what you believe in and not compromise. During the State Primaries and the Caucuses, vote with your heart and conscience and for what you really want.

Pamela Paddock is an Asheville artist and activist. She has a background in graphic design and advertising and holds a BFA from Florida Atlantic University. She is now working full time for the Dennis Kucinich Presidential Campaign. Pamela may be contacted at addicus@bellsouth.net and would welcome
your responses. For more information on the Kucinich campaign, see kucinich.us.

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