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Daily Word — Monday, September 22, 2008

New
I welcome new outlooks and produce inspiring results.
I relax and am at peace as I contemplate this season of change. I picture summer’s green leaves being transformed into ruby and amber autumn jewels. The smell of the earth grounds me. Breathing evenly and fully, I continue to relax.
As a new season begins, I feel new beginnings within me–the stirring of ideas, the welcoming of transition. I give myself permission to change, to grow, and to evolve. Immersed in an awareness of God’s guiding presence, I have new outlooks that bring new results. Maintaining my expectation is as simple as taking in my next breath.
I am refreshed and ready to greet the season with grateful anticipation.

Inspired by my cohort member Tira Young’s blog entry of Sept. 4, 08
I AM … proud of my Mom and Dad
I WANT… to know what the next step will be
I HAVE … 19 student government officers…going on 20 this week
I KEEP … a journal of what “I learned and I am grateful for” in my car
I WISH I COULD …. enjoy more things rather than worrying about them
I HATE … hate crimes
I FEAR …. not doing enough
I HEAR … our birds
I DON’T THINK …McCain is going to win
I REGRET …days I worked too much
I LOVE ….Matthias Worch
I AM NOT …lazy, just enjoying having no homework!
I DANCE … in the kitchen, living room, in my car
I SING … in my car
I NEVER … smoke
I RARELY …not think during yoga
I CRY WHEN I WATCH … Notting Hill, did it again last Saturday
I AM NOT ALWAYS … following an agenda
I HATE THAT … AIDS is still being spread
I’M CONFUSED ABOUT … the Media’s need to find out every little detail about Sarah Palin
I NEED … to do the dishes
I SHOULD … not do the dishes

During the Democratic primaries, I was one of those 18 Million people who voted for Hillary. After learning more about Obama and his wife, and Joe Biden, I am still on the course to elect Obama. Even days after John McCain announced Sara Palin as his pick for the V.P., I kept repeating to myself: “stay the course, stay with Obama”. But, recently, there has been talk about who Obama really is for not picking Hillary.

Now, after watching the SNL skit with Amy Poehler who played Hillary and Tina Fay who played Sarah, I am really pissed. Amy and the writers nailed it by having the Hillary character say what we’ve all been thinking. Hillary worked so hard and then out of blue comes a woman, that NO one knows and did little work, who is now one seat away from the White House. Isn’t it crazy to think the amount of energy, time and sexist crap Hillary put up with for the last 18 months, and now she has to watch a female possibly become the next Vice President? What happened, Obama? I can understand that you had no idea McCain would pull one out of left field. But still… you could have been the one.

I am still on the course with Obama, but deep down inside, I am thinking and feeling exactly what Nancy Gibbs of Time Magazine is. Check out her editorial from Thursday, September 4, 2008.

“Can Palin Escape the Parent Trap?”, By Nancy Gibbs

Almost overnight, Sarah Palin replaced Hillary Clinton as the screen on which we project our doubts and hopes about women and success. In noisy public forums, everyone seemed suddenly certain of beliefs they used to reject: of course a woman can manage five kids and the vice leadership of the free world, said conservative defenders previously known for asserting a woman’s need to submit to her husband. Of course she has no business putting her family through this, said liberal opponents better known for insisting women should submit to no one.

But in quieter places, such as my inbox and my subconscious, there has been nothing like that kind of certainty. Instead, it has been the conversation that never ends — the one about how we juggle and who we judge — and I don’t think I know any woman, working or not, who feels she has gotten it exactly right. I do know we share a deep revulsion at having choices made for us and values thrust upon us, which is why Palin has our instincts tied up in such intricate knots. (more…)

 

The NASCAR chase for the championship officially starts with today’s race in New Hampshire. For us NASCAR fans, no chase can officially begin until David Letterman has does his 10 Ten with the top twelve drivers who will be fighting it out over the next 10 races. My money is on Kyle Busch. My hope is on Dale Jr. and I will be cheering when Tony “Smoke” Stewart wins his first race of the season. Let’s go racing boys!