We stand at the threshold of a new world. Indeed, we are already moving forward with one foot inside. And, thus far, it appears we have chosen wisely; the politics of fear have been voted out - although they are not yet gone and the politics of hope and empowerment are upon us- if we only have courage enough to move forward and discard our fears.
The time of trial is not yet over. Dark days remain ahead, but now is the time for us to set aside our fears and focus on that which we desire. Now is the time to transcend animosity and embrace the future for which we yearn. Now is the time to relinquish the story we have been living for the last eight years and begin telling a new story - the story of what we hope for, the story of our hopes and dreams, the story of our joys and love, not the story of trauma, drama and disaster that has been swirling for the last few years.
Now is the time to begin telling a new story. Now is the time to begin visualizing and speaking of the hopes and dreams and the joy, love and laughter we seek and desire for ourselves, our children, our neighbors and our nation; for that which we seek and look to is what will come to pass for us as a nation.
If we can focus on a new story of hope, the story of fear will fade away and jobs will return, hope will be reborn, confidence will rekindle, spending wil increase and the hoarding caused by fear will diminish. If we can begin to tell the story of how we want things to be, rather than how they have been, we will begin to live that story of what could be - a greater, better, brighter future than the past we have just left behind.
The future is upon us. And we must leave the past to the past. As Jesus once said "let the dead bury the dead". What he meant is that we must focus on what could be and not remain trapped in what has been.
Bobby Kennedy once said, "Some people see things as they are and ask why? I see things as they could be, and ask "Why not?" Bobby Kennedy chose to rise above the politics of fear and envision a world of hope, today, we must choose no less.
