This email by Alan Konell was forwarded to me tonightI am reproducing it here to help worried Obamasupporters... Try this Obama Mantra....
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Here's a good approach.. This is such an obviousanswer ... Remember how powerful our thoughtsare!=======To all my friends who have had enough --I want to make two specific requests (discussionfollows):1) 3 times a day (more is better) I suggest yousay or just think to yourself "President Obama"and when you do to imagine it being true rightnow and feeling all the great feelings that gowith this thought.2) Please forward this email to all your friendswho you know for a fact are voting for Obama andwill be thrilled when he wins, encouraging themto send it on to their friends.Discussion:It dawned on me that many of us are getting caught in the fear orgy the Republicans love to createbecause most of their policies are based in fear.They even fail to recognize that the opposite offear is not hope but trust and expectation. Soeliminating fear requires practicing trust andexpectation.Fearing the Republicans is just more fear andfeeds their cause. They want us to be afraid,even if all we're afraid of is them. I don'texpect us to never experience fearful thoughts,but when we notice that we are would be a goodtime to think "President Obama" and experiencethe pleasure that this reality brings.When I first thought of this I anticipated thatsome, me included, would react with, "well justthinking about it won't do it. Way too'airy-fairy' What we need is to be in action."Interesting thought, but aligning our thoughtswith what we want never hurts and imagining whatwe want never precludes getting into action. Infact, imagining "President Obama" is more likelyto inspire those actions that will create thiswonderful outcome.Not to mention, if a whole bunch of us arefeeling good, instead of afraid, resigned andhelpless, then we will probably get a whole lotmore done. Practice this thought and notice thatit makes you feel good and certainly moreresourceful. The decision to send this email cameto me last night after deciding to practice thisthought myself yesterday. "President Obama"Aaaaah. Happy and relieved. Like taking off ashoe that's too tight (or in this case, maybe anoose).I did the math and if each of sends this to tenothers and only five send it on then in 13 roundsthis email will reach over 244 Million people.Probably less because of repeats. If we send itto more and let's say 10 send it on then in 9rounds 1 Billion emails will be sent. Staggeringand no-one is asking you to send any moneyanywhere or informing you that you have inheritedmoney from a long lost relative.When I first heard Barak Obama speak in 2004 atthe convention, I thought 'This man could bePresident someday." I like many others areinspired by him and know that behind his inspiring words is a strong, thoughtful and courageousintelligence. Let's join together to make"President Obama" (Aaaaaah) a reality by imagining together that it already is. Thanks for yourhelp.Alan Konell, M.S.W.
* My Connection with the Obama Campaign
* Lack of Maine Dem Convention promotion
* Maine Superdelegates... uncommitted
* Write Governor Baldacci... switch to support Obama
* Meeting Link for Maine State Democratic Convention. See Ya There!
- MaineBOB
