The dreaded and much maligned year of 2012 is finally here. Four years ago we elected the candidate for change in Barack Obama, but the real change is about to be realised with the coming of 2012. It's not the coming of our demise as a species, it's not Armageddon, no this is a subtle move that will go unnoticed by most.
The change that is coming has actually already begun. It is an awakening, a step up the ladder of our evolution, it is a growth in maturity, it is a shift in our consciousness. The end of a dark period in our human existence is finally on the horizon.
President Obama is part of this change, he is the accidental crusader leading us through the chaos and into the next phase in our development as a species. I say accidental because I'm sure he is not aware of his role in this. The collective consciousness of the world is rising to a higher vibration of expectation. With the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement and the changes in societal views on everything from gay marriage to global warming the people on this planet have moved toward an all for one attitude.
When Barack Obama is elected to another four years, the world will see the greatest improvement in the lives of all people than has been recorded thus far. Sounds Pollyanna? Perhaps, but when we observe the exponential changes all around us, and the rapid deterioration of the good ole' boy club we can begin to understand that what so many of us have wished would happen for our future is actually happening.
So December 21, 2012 will mark the end of the world as we know it. It will end the age of patriarch rule with its oppressive dogmatic control while ushering in a more balanced existence where we bring others up with us as we move together into this new way of co-existence. Competition and trickle-down failed us, but cooperation and compassion will save us.
Welcome to the new world!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
We all have that dream....
Following a weekend of commemoration, celebration and community service today we return to business as usual. In that hustle of the day after a three day weekend it is easy to lose sight of the emotional appeal we made to our own selves that we would be kinder and gentler.
Today I am making a vow to myself and those around me that I will only allow positive things to leave my lips and I will hold back judgment or resentment. This is my way of paying tribute to MLK and others like him. It is a small thing to do, but one that is simple enough to keep up with daily.
Remember that the one person we make smile could be the ripple of positivity that sets off a wave of possibility.
Today I am making a vow to myself and those around me that I will only allow positive things to leave my lips and I will hold back judgment or resentment. This is my way of paying tribute to MLK and others like him. It is a small thing to do, but one that is simple enough to keep up with daily.
Remember that the one person we make smile could be the ripple of positivity that sets off a wave of possibility.
Monday, January 18, 2010
My Son's Future
My current position as a Job Coach with a southern California company, Ability Counts, has left me once again wondering about my son's future. A fifteen year old with Autism, Jason is fun, loving, communicative (in his own way) and definitely smart. The journey with him so far has been an adventure with lessons and epiphanies that I would never have experienced without him. In five years or so the family and I will be faced with the new task of helping him decide what he wants to do in his adult life.
I am grateful for the experience I've gained working for over 30 years with persons with disabilities in various capacities. From toddlers to adults I have had the privilege of teaching, coaching and playing with many individuals and families with various disabilities. At the YMCA and with my own company Tumble City I have had the pleasure of honing skills in teaching through sensory integration from a physical fitness, acrobatic approach. With Partnerships With Industry I applied all that I learned to assisting adults with developmental disabilities in finding, applying for and training in jobs within the community.
It is my hope that society will understand how necessary supported employment and recreational services or day programs are for the differently-abled population. As the economy, especially in California, begins to slowly get back to some sense of normality I can only hope that we will remember the funding necessary to keep services in place for this fragile population. remember, pay now or pay later...for if we do not assist these individuals in living up to their full potential at an early age we will be handing off the responsibility of much more expensive care to our children and grandchildren in the future.
My son has a great support system with our family, and he will be encouraged to develop as far as his beautiful brain allows him to. But there are those individuals who do not have such a support system and those are the ones that need the funding and services most. As a society that promotes freedom and liberty, let us not forget to lend a hand to the most needy.
I am grateful for the experience I've gained working for over 30 years with persons with disabilities in various capacities. From toddlers to adults I have had the privilege of teaching, coaching and playing with many individuals and families with various disabilities. At the YMCA and with my own company Tumble City I have had the pleasure of honing skills in teaching through sensory integration from a physical fitness, acrobatic approach. With Partnerships With Industry I applied all that I learned to assisting adults with developmental disabilities in finding, applying for and training in jobs within the community.
It is my hope that society will understand how necessary supported employment and recreational services or day programs are for the differently-abled population. As the economy, especially in California, begins to slowly get back to some sense of normality I can only hope that we will remember the funding necessary to keep services in place for this fragile population. remember, pay now or pay later...for if we do not assist these individuals in living up to their full potential at an early age we will be handing off the responsibility of much more expensive care to our children and grandchildren in the future.
My son has a great support system with our family, and he will be encouraged to develop as far as his beautiful brain allows him to. But there are those individuals who do not have such a support system and those are the ones that need the funding and services most. As a society that promotes freedom and liberty, let us not forget to lend a hand to the most needy.
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