{First Girl President!}

I was visiting family in Alabama last November; I arrived a few days before the election (I had voted early in North Carolina) and my four great-nieces were so excited about the first woman president! Just turned 18, Ella was thrilled to be voting for the first time—and what a landmark time to vote. Six-year-old Ina showed me all the things she had written in her school notebook like: "Hillary! Our First Girl President!" drawn inside a big, pink pendant! 

When we all awoke that Wednesday morning to the heartbreaking news, I told Ina that Hillary didn't win, so "YOU may be the first girl president!"

I thought of that today when I read in Vogue, "In the Aftermath of Hillary Clinton's Loss, More Women Want to Run For Office Than Ever Before"—so maybe little Ina will not be first, but the 3rd or 4th woman president! (She won't mind!)

Senator Kamala Harris of California 

{We've Created a Monster}

Spiritual counselor, psychic and author, Ainslie MacLeod—with messages from his high-level spirit guides—gently and lovingly explains life, love and people (including the election!) through terms of "young souls" and "old souls"...and their/our spiritual development. His work encourages us to "live the life your soul intended."

So his essay, "Trumpenstein: We Have Created a Monster," is not to be missed! 
It begins with a quote from Mary Shelley's novel spoken by Frankenstein's Monster: "If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." 
(Ainslie also shares a "soul reading" of Donald Trump and how "his conscious self separated from his soul by a closed heart chakra....")

Our job? Stay positive, keep our hearts open, and take a stand for love, peace, truth and justice! Quoting Ainslie: "When fear is eliminated, all that’s left is love."
Read on.....

{Divine Feminine}

Dr. Kelly Brogan wrote in her article "Feminism and the Election: The Gift of Acceleration" for women not to be duped by feminism from a "masculine principle" which promotes an "illusion of our sovereignty as we float more and more distantly away from the creative power, from cosmic feminine energy, from the great divine mother...."

Read on for Kelly's take on the "Candidate Archetypes," "Shackles of Old Feminism," "The Masculine Principle in Extremis," "The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing," "The Wolf in Wolf's Clothing," "The Hurt Is a Buried Treasure," and "Moving Into A New Feminism."

Thank you, Kelly!

{Talking to Daughters With Respect for All}

I appreciated an article that was published on Yahoo.com soon after the presidential election in November featuring a series of interviews with President Obama conducted by The New Yorker's David Remnick. 

The focus was how the president talked to his teen-age daughters, Sasha and Malia, about the outcome of the election and about a man who had spoken so viciously about him, so crudely about women, so maliciously about the disabled, and who had so little respect for telling the truth. 

Once again, President Obama, an articulate and thoughtful man, focused on "kindness and respect and understanding." 

What I say to them is that people are complicated. Societies and cultures are really complicated…This is not mathematics; this is biology and chemistry. These are living organisms, and it’s messy. And your job as a citizen and as a decent human being is to constantly affirm and lift up and fight for treating people with kindness and respect and understanding. And you should anticipate that at any given moment there’s going to be flare-ups of bigotry that you may have to confront, or may be inside you and you have to vanquish. And it doesn’t stop…You don’t get into a fetal position about it. You don’t start worrying about apocalypse. You say, O.K., where are the places where I can push to keep it moving forward. 

"The President’s words can certainly help in a time when many parents are wondering how to talk to their children about what the future holds in the face of a Trump administration," Remnick remarked.

{The US Election and A Course in Miracles}

James Twyman speaks about the "US Election and A Course in Miracles" on this YouTube recording....and how "the entire spiritual path of life can be brought down in three words: surrender, trust and gratitude."
The "ACIM" lesson he offers is titled "I Do Not Know What Anything Is For"....

Also Corinne Zupko offers in her "ACIM" study group video on YouTube: "Trump Election, A Course in Miracles, and an opportunity for Healing" as a way to "deepen your peace...."

Enjoy the peacefulness.....

{And only good will come of it....}

Although the news is full of angry, mean-spirited voices from around the world (harshly reflected in the U.S. election this year), there are also wise, open-hearted voices that remind us that, underneath it all (and not always easy to understand), everything is in divine order.

Ainslie MacLeod reminds us to "Be a force for love and compassion. Turn your fear into feistiness!!" 

Sisterhood Circle voices exclaimed that "this may be the greatest opportunity of our lifetime."

Charles Eisenstein shared "Normal is coming unhinged." And that's a good thing!

And author Neale Donald Walsch writes with optimism: 

...all the changes occurring right now on this

planet are leading to a better life for all.

The movement here is going to be back to basics,

back to what matters, back to our true values in

families, in relationships, in business and commerce,

in politics, and in the world.

Do not worry, therefore. This is the Time which has

been predicted. And only good will come of it.

Read other encouraging messages from past posts on this blog!

{Opening Your Heart Chakra to Celebrate the Holidays}

Don't miss Ainslie MacLeod's December 21st holiday message for old souls: "Opening Your Heart Chakra to Celebrate the Holidays."

He writes:
"Being around younger souls can be a trying experience. They tend to be more rigid in their beliefs, more concerned with being right, and less likely to try and understand your point of view. All of which is a result of fear."

(According to Ainslie, psychic counselor and author of the book The Instruction: "The political right is almost entirely made up of fearful younger souls.")

Since the absence of love is not anger—it’s fear...."therein lies the key to dealing with them."

(Ainslie gives a lovely example of how old-soul Bernie Sanders respectfully handled a conversation with a fearful young soul.)

"If respect, curiosity, and an open heart don’t work," Ainslie concluded, "and you start to lose your old-soul composure, you could just try giving them a hug and saying, I love you."

Read more....

{Shifting Consciousness}

"Absolutely everything is a wave of energy and there are many new energies taking place on Earth," wrote Michael Forrester in 2014."We've shifted consciousness, but we're still using old reflections to create our reality."

(Seems we've just experienced this phenomenon is the 2016 U.S. elections!)

The most important thing we can do right now is listen to "what is whispering to your heart," Michael shares. "It won't shout to get your attention so you must listen very closely to the messages you are receiving."

After explaining the six shifts in consciousness we are experiencing, Michael reports: "The hard part is over. The only thing to do is alter your expectations and enjoy the ride." Click here to read all of Michael's article, posted recently on ShiftFrequency.com.

{Nothing Is What It Seems}

From Vanity Fair editor-in-chief, Graydon Carter: "Welcome to Trumpistan" declares that "we're on our way down the rabbit hole, and nothing is what it seems."
In this article from December 21, he shares: "In word and deed, the president-elect has turned on a tap of hate—and it will be a while before we can turn it off."

Donald J. Trump is a man who once said to keep women in their place, you have to "treat 'em like shit".... 
So not a moment to lose....we have to bring on the Big Love, everyday!

{life begins at the end of your comfort zone}

Here is one of author and teacher Neale Donald Walsch's daily messages from his "I Believe God Wants You to Know" series, emailed a few days after the presidential election in November. Reading it at the time was one of my inspirations for creating this blog compiled of wise and kind voices. Enjoy!

On this day of your life

Dear Friend I believe God wants you to know...

...that life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its

edge. You won't find love at a place where you are

covered, but in the space where you are naked.

You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick

up the dice, but roll 'em. So go ahead, take the gamble.

You have nothing to lose except the chance to win.

Life is not long enough to spend it on the sidelines. And

you will not have to think but a second to know exactly

why you received this message today.

{She Should Run}

"More Than 4,500 Women Have Signed Up to Run For Office Since the Election" through the She Should Run organization, reported Mahita Gajanan for Time magazine.
One woman who decided to run said: "The election was a kick in the pants that I had to step up and be more involved."
She Should Run is an organization that trains women for public leadership roles.
Read on....

{A Million Smart Women}

Did you read Will Marre's "We Need A Million Smart Women" blog post? Or "liked" his "A Million Smart Women" Facebook page? The women's leadership advocate explains what's behind his plan:

You see the idea of “A Million SMART Women” is very simple. 

Brain research and social science from the University of Wisconsin confirms that men mostly think about status, control, wealth and sex. Most men focus on their short-term self-interest. Whereas women are the force of civilization. Women tend to be holistic thinkers. Psychologists give this feminine form of intelligence the practical name of contextual thinking.  It allows them to think of both short-term and long-term consequences at the same time.  Female empathy enables most women to think in communitarian ways. The “common good” is most frequently put above “my good, my way, my fear.”

Read the entire post here....

{Inspiration in Solidarity}

This from New York Times' Women in the World staff:  "China's 'Feminist Five' may show how women can stand Up to Trump." 

"China’s Feminist Five — a group of women’s rights activists who have been prosecuted by the country for their activism — might offer inspiration for how feminists in the United States could challenge Donald Trump, according to Leta Hong Fincher, the author of a book on the movement."

"Women in the U.S. – after electing a president who has bragged about sexual assault and an anti-abortion vice-president – should not lose hope......and find “inspiration in solidarity."
Click here to find this excerpt and the link to full article at The Guardian....

{Stay Blessed Up}

Perhaps there's no better way to say it! "Stay blessed up!" This is how hip-hop mogul DJ Khaled shares about dealing with life under a President Trump. "You got to get up," he told Jen Yamato of The Daily Beast. "Keep it going. Stay blessed up. God is great."
Amen...and read on....

{Spirit Guides and U.S. Elections}

I thought you'd enjoy this message from Ainslie MacLeod's spirit guides: "Electronic Voting and Faith-Based Elections" where his guides confirm that "electronic voting is a fraud, and has no place in a democracy."
Ainslie first posted the message in 2008 before that presidential elections, but 'tis most relevant today! 

{Raising Daughters in a World that Devalues Them}

It's a perfect time to read or re-read Kristen Welch's blog post from October 2014: "Raising Daughters in a World that Devalues Them: 7 Things We Must Tell Them." 

Two years later during a harsh presidential campaign in 2016, "when the news broke about Donald Trump's immoral and disgusting remarks about women," Kristen posted this article: "Raising Sons in a World That Disrespects Women."

And to continue this conversation—the subject which inspired this blog—I share a post-election article from Huffington Post written by Kaylee Scottaline: "What to Tell Our Daughters and Sons About a Trump Presidency."

{Do Unto Others}

Trump political rally

Claire Landsbaum's report in The Cut is chilling: "90 Percent of Teachers Say That Trump's Win Has Had a Negative Effect in Classrooms." 
"The day after Donald Trump was elected, incidents of racist and misogynist harassment were reported around the country. Since then the trend has continued, " the article added.

In this time of mean-spirited "Trumpery," what are you telling your children and grandchildren about kindness, compassion, respect, fair play, bullying...and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you".....? Read on....

{This is not a time to run away....}

The wonderful Regena Thomashauer, New York Times bestselling author* and founder of The School of Womanly Arts, shares this post-election newsletter: "This is not the time to run away." I empathized with her immediate reaction of wanting to run and hide...give in to fear. "I felt walloped." But as always, Regena encourages our courage, not our fear:

"We as women were never taught how to process our intense feelings, so we stay out of the game and hide, or we keep it to ourselves. And as a result, we never step into our power or potential.... The future of the world depends on women showing up and standing for the truth of the way they feel." Read on......


[*Regena's latest New York Times bestselling book: Pussy: A Reclamation]

{A New Story}

"Normal is coming unhinged." This is the lead line in author and guest speaker Charles Eisenstein's post-election newsletter on November 10, 2016: "The Election: Of Hate, Grief and a New Story." Charles continues his intuitive take on how "we are entering a time of great uncertainty"..."exiting an old story that explained to us the way of the world and our place in it"...and that, more that ever, "it is time to speak hard truths with love." Read on....

{The Power of an Apology}

First appearing on BillMoyers.com, Suzan Johnson Cook's article, "Resurrection is possible: We will move forward with hope, but Donald Trump should apologize," was also posted on Salon.com where I first saw it. And I was struck with these two words: "I'm sorry."
What would it take for a man who only speaks from his ego—his "small self"—a man who seems to have no inner-reflective life, to find the courage—his "big Self"—and truly apologize for the hatred he has spread? Can you imagine the power of such a spiritual awakening, a "crack open of self" as it were? 

With love, anything is possible.