YES I CAN

“There is one weapon which disables the mightiest of warriors and makes waste a hitherto invincible army. When ‘I can’t’ is whispered ever so quietly from the heart of the bravest of men, the smallest mouse might as well be the most fortified tank, for against neither will this soldier do battle.”

It’s a challenge. We see our lives grow darker in prospects when good people do nothing to stop the advance of evil or even just inconsiderate self-aggrandizement by those entrusted with the most power and wealth. The longer we look at it, the more real it becomes, the more fearful we get, the less powerful we feel, the more inevitable the waiting dreadful disaster.

And yet…. there is another reality. It is the basic truth that nothing in our society can happen without the consent of those who are governed by those “at the top.” This historical lesson has been proven 100% correct over thousands of years of human existence and recited as the foundation of the United States system of government that no government can exist or govern without the consent of the governed.

The bad news then is that none of this had to happen, and we could have stopped it by simply withdrawing our consent but we didn’t. The good news is that our absence, our failure to exercise our ultimate control over our own destinies, only explains the past — it doesn’t predict the future. That we let power hungry liars tell us who to fear so they would benefit while we continue to languish in a vanishing American brand of social existence does not mean we will tolerate them any longer. We can change our  minds and change the world.

The good news continues. We don’t lack the power to stop it or change it. And now we don’t lack the will either. All that is needed to light the spark of renewal and a complete return to the ideals expressed in our Declaration of Independence and our United States Constitution is a DECISION to act.

This decision starts with each individual person, who throws aside the thoughts of paralysis and weakness and helplessness and assumes the demeanor of a person of wealth and power and influence. It is a change of mind caused by a mental process we call decision and commitment to act. This decision empowers such an individual, and each of his fellow citizens to reject oppression and embrace our common goals and needs. It leads to plans of action and coordinated proactive behavior that completely neutralizes the efforts to control us by setting ourselves against each other.

Let us resolve

• that we are possessed with the ultimate power of collective control over our society
• that we are committed to a healthy and prosperous society
• that we forgive ourselves and each other for past actions and inactions
  
• that we will not be distracted by fear
• that we will assert our natural rights as human beings to be free from tyranny
• that we will reject those who feed falsehoods into the narratives of our lives
• that we are committed to accumulating the facts
• that we are open to new facts and new ideas without committing to them
• that we will restore victims to the position they had before they were preyed upon
• that each time our society is improved, our own lives are enhanced
• that each step we take, from this moment on, will be toward a better world
  
• that we are the society that is governed and we choose how and when that happens and by whom
• that to be an American is an ideal that can be realized by our decisions and our consent to right action
• that our own individual behavior in our own lives matters to everyone

Neil F Garfield

Yom Kippur

BRAINSTORMING QUESTIONS TO PONDER

Question 1: If you were born today with no concept of failure, what would you attempt to achieve?

Question 2: When was the last time you developed a major new life dream? Do you spend time thinking about new dreams?

Question 3: What have been your biggest dreams and life goals? How do you continue to nurture and pursue those dreams now?

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