What I WISH For YOU This Presidential Election_11062012

I WISH for you this presidential election the excitement of my ancestor son_John E. Williams II.

What started out as a routine election run November 2008 has now become a treasured memory for me on so many levels.

Headed to the Calhoun Center five thirty in the morning was met with a welcomed surprise... Gilpin Court residents already in line to vote "candidate" Barack Obama the first African American president of the United States of America. In that year I had a car, a eldest son and a job. This year I have none of the aforementioned, but God IS still good.

As I pulled into the parking lot to park, slowing down in the parking space not quite at a complete stop my son jumped out of the car, left me I say to go cast his vote for "candidate" Obama. I was glad, horrified and stunned, all at the same time. And being the mom of a grown son and not really realizing the "grown" part and ready to say "come back here" ...like I could push the re-set button which would have allowed the not scared part of the jumping out of the car..funny, funny as my mom would say.

The silver lining for me now is that I get to share his excitement with you in hopes that the shear excitement of the simple yet very fundamentally important duty of civic engagement can once again produce this joy for a population of fellow citizens as we embark upon a time of humanity restoration in my opinion.

Integrity is MOST important! And CHOICE on many issues is inextricably tied to this integrity. Without either, could we be sending humanity into depths possibly never ever recovering from...Hurricane Sandy may provide an eye opener for life changing possibilities...ya think!

~Obedience is Better than Sacrifice~ Should we always be faced with the possibility of death in order to know the humanity thing to honor. I say NOT.

Joy in the simple things in life springs from each of us and the respect to work through our choices should guide us each and every day and not on those days of major influence.

What have YOU JUMPED ...not so much out of a car to get to but ... jumped in anticipation to accomplish for in your life?

I WISH for YOU the excited JOY to demonstrate that we as a people will choose a forward path in truth and integrity as we decide the hard choices of life forever more!!!

"What A Really Good Birthday Present Would Look Like For This President This Year - 2012 !"

If you really think that you are mad with our president? Have you examined enough of the details as to why you are mad? Have you consistently done your own civic duty within the last four plus years to be ready for this election year?

• Did you demonstrate that civic duty which would have supported more of what was needed to get you what you wanted accomplishd in your community?
• How many times did you write letters to the newspaper editor?
• How many times did you contact your city council member, county supervisor, state legislator and/or federally elected representative?
• Have you ever spoken with your neighbor and/or family member about contacting those same elected officials?
• Have you ever spoken with your neighbor and/or family member about being active within the community?

If you have...Wonderful...but if you have not, then my suggestion to you is to be mad with yourself. Then, do something pro-active about it. This is a representative democracy and as such, it requires the consistent participation of its citizenry to the good.

The ever evolving change felt by so many maybe under tremendous challenge now because we as the constituent base did not consistently do our part. I truly believe that change is very slow because far too many times we are competing as oppose to collaborating.

What is our part you say? Our part is to ~guard the change in 2012~ in how ever many small and/or large steps that we can manage and make sure those steps work toward positive growth including our entire community members. High Unemployment, High Truancy Rates and Blighted Communities do not a productive community make. When will we refuse the spoon fed garbage that recycle our same old problems with the same old false solutions? There is only one candidate running for the office of president of these United States of America in this 2012 year speaking to inclusiveness and that person is President Barack H. Obama.

Let us make the commitment to provide the best birthday gift ever for our president however be-lated it may be....538 electoral votes!