Still a true believer: Why I support President Obama's agenda

As a volunteer who labored joyfully on the Obama campaign, remembering the vision that began two years ago is critical now more than ever.

It's all too easy for us to jump into the fear void with those who can see no further. I understand it is near impossible at times for human's to stick to a difficult course. The fact that our president sees the bigger picture and works under that premise is a bonus that may be presently obscured from some of our visions. The time is near past to shake yourself awake, and remember, who you are as a part of that vision.

Being a Christian, I follow the teachings of Christ to the best of my ability each day. While Jesus and many of his spiritual descendants labored to help the poor, they also call forth for us to rise up and that His help and love is here for all to recieve. We should not selfishly cling to it, reserving it for close family and friends, but deliver it back out there. We seem to have forgotton as people of faith, we ARE the human manifestation of God's love on earth, and as such are His emmisaries.

Our under/over estimated beleaguered president (whom we like to forget is just a man, not Jesus after all) labors under much oppression of fact, and I believe an earnest Christian heart. He did not walk alone into the White House, he was escorted by US when we were full of God's spirit. Whatever our technical religion, race or creed, I believe it was divine provenance that helped us in that walk.

My question to all is, what has happened to us? It's as if we've fallen asleep.

I strenuously include myself in that category because at some point after his election I was exhausted, and somewhere in me thought-

"Okay let's see you do your stuff Mr. President, while I rest up for a bit".

Of course a bit has turned into apathy for most of us. The problem is, he never said he could do it alone-what man or woman could. If I am perceiving failure in my president, I must also perceive my own failure and complacency.

It seemed to have manifested fully back in the eighties after Janet Jackson's song was co-opted into a narcissistic anthem. It's now the common nature of man to contemplate our government under the premise of "What have you done for me lately?" That premise manifests differently for each of us, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent and Green party alike, depending on individual need and or bias.

We haven't given much thought to the bigger picture, tacitly leaving that to our president to fend for. The fact is, however resistant we are, we are more than our navels, and need to look UP every now and then, and reach out to our fellow man. When you are reaching out, you rarely notice whether or not your own hand is empty... and indeed it isn't, it is filled with holy human spirit.

It was no small anouncement when then Senator Obama uttered the words "We are the ones we've been waiting for". So... where are WE and who's driving the car? The presidency is only a small part of governance, there are several branches. With several million people squeezed into this USA produced auto isn't it time to help drive?

When did the rights of corporations become so esteemed that they could just hop in their Hummers and ride roughshod over our political system and regulatory agencies. When did the people trying to jump in front of the vehichle become un-american? Why aren't we standing beside them?

Where in the bible (or any other religious doctrine) does it say to go forth to poison the seed on fruited plain with pesticides and chemicals... or go forth and strip mine the mountain tops majesty... or go forth and pollute the air we share... or destroy fishes in the waters and the bounty of the earth entrusted to us... go forth and harvest precious stones while children starve nearby... go forth, buy up all the rights to and encase in toxic plastic bottles and sell the water I have given you, while the poor die of thirst. And, just WHAT exactly is a humane way to murder a man for possibly murdering another man (because as we know the criminal justice system never chooses to murder the 'wrong' man).

We have created and nurtured an isolated society. My next door neighbor could be christian, muslim, jewish, hindu, buddhist, atheist. He/she could be starving, ill, beating his kids, stealing from pension funds, struggling to pay the electric bill, about to lose his home... the list is endless. We are outraged that government isn't stopping this, and then... we're outraged when it does... The one thing we seem to have forgotten, is "they" are "us" (to paraphrase an accidental profundity by Christine O'Donnell).

Any form of stepping into the void and attempting to correct society's wrong's is going to be a mess. So get a firm grip on yourself. Is there a person alive, that would honestly want their child to be president today?

I think it's time for a little self accountability. Time to put down that bottle of ambien and wake up.

Obviously, you can go vote on Tuesday (I'll be there as a poll volunteer), but bigger than that... we have to get off our butts and help be a part of the solution. Get out of bad you, poor me brain and help create. If there is time enough to complain, there's time enough to volunteer for what you believe in.

If Jesus were here maybe it'd go something like this- (verily I say unto you:) be a part of the solution, help create your world. Volunteer for what you believe in, any movement on your part creates change.... soup kitchens, hospices, retirement homes, the gulf clean-up, habitat for humanity, clean energy, freedom from corruption, read/tutor at schools, campaign, the list is eternal... just turn off the TV and go help your fellow man.

The point is, as my grandmother used to say, "Idle hands are the devils workshop."

Don't give up on the world, there are good public servants out there (and yes many are politicians. Put down that Enquirer and go online, or go to the free public Library and research their positions and records, educate yourself, and don't forget to vote.

Every thought and action you produce matters and creates.

What will you create today?