{"id":8674,"date":"2023-12-10T23:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T04:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marianne2024.com\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2023-12-22T00:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:12:39","slug":"we-have-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marianne2024.com\/es\/we-have-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"WE HAVE A PURPOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Marianne Williamson: They Do This on Purpose\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y60MXapkLyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, what you resist persists. But I\u2019ve always had a problem with that idea. One hand, yes &#8211; but not not always. An oncologist doesn\u2019t say to a Stage One cancer patient, \u201cLet\u2019s just not do anything; after all, what you resist persists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen a lot of things since this campaign began, and a lot of it isn\u2019t pretty. I\u2019ve come to realize that there are indeed forces that would shut down our democracy, in areas that you and I might have thought were pretty safe from assault. I\u2019ve seen the free press abuse its power, I\u2019ve seen a political party try to rig its own primaries, and I\u2019ve seen a system that operates without honor. Resisting those things is right and proper.<\/p>\n<p>There have been hours when I\u2019ve thought, \u201cThere\u2019s no way, just give it up.\u201d The message in the ethers couldn\u2019t be louder, \u201cYou go home now, little girl.\u201d But something in me has always made it through those hours, to the point where I\u2019m committed to hang in there as long as I possibly can, spending whatever resources I have, because this matters.<\/p>\n<p>I do not believe Joe Biden is a strong candidate in a race against Donald Trump, or against Nikki Haley either. And clearly, many agree. His approval rating is at 37%, and over 70% of Democrats say they\u2019d like to see another choice. The majority of Americans are frustrated at the idea that it\u2019s going to be Trump-Biden again. There is a hunger in this country for something else, something more inspiring, something that leads us out of our national malaise and puts us on a better track.<\/p>\n<p>And I feel that I fit that bill. I\u2019ve had more than a forty year career being very up close and personal with people at some of the hardest times in their lives, and I\u2019ve learned a lot about enduring and transforming states of crisis. Our nation is in crisis now; and the same principles that apply to the journey of an individual apply to the journey of a nation. Why? Because a nation is simply a group of people. We need more than external change in America. We need, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, \u201cqualitative shifts in our souls as well as quantitative changes in our circumstances.\u201d I know about both.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had a lot of experiences in my life, and that includes quite a bit of time around politicians. I\u2019ve known some wonderful people among them, just as there are wonderful people everywhere. But I will tell you this: there is a Wizard of Oz narrative that needs to dissolve, if this country is to thrive. Our politicians, particularly today, are no different or better or wiser that anyone else; behind that curtain there are simply people, not wizards. The idea that someone has to have been part of some \u201cpolitical class,\u201d with \u201cpolitical experience,\u201d in order to lead this nation is preposterous. The more I have seen, the more I have thought that traditional political experience is more of a hindrance than a help in gaining the wisdom and perspicacity that this country needs now.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m plenty experienced, thank you. I\u2019m simply experienced in a different way. We don\u2019t need more political car mechanics in this country, because the problem isn\u2019t mechanical; it\u2019s that we\u2019re on the wrong road. We don\u2019t need another technocrat; we need a visionary. And while I\u2019m not the greatest visionary in the United States, I\u2019m the only one running for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Yes I know that\u2019s outside the box, but what is inside the box is toxic now. And weak. It\u2019s time for a new beginning in America. That\u2019s the antidote to fascism. It\u2019s the antidote to Trump. It\u2019s the antidote to fear.<\/p>\n<p>We can do this. Please help me try.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, what you resist persists. But I\u2019ve always had a problem with that idea. One hand, yes &#8211; but not not always. 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