Absolution or Accountability: Consider the current socio-economic environment. Notice these conditions on both an individual and global level. Acknowledge the existence of a new administration in office (party preference aside). See, hear and feel yourself as being present within all these variables.  Now ask yourself which course of action you are taking...absolution or accountability? By definition, Absolution means a remission of "sins" pronounced from someone outside of you. Accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions? Which grants you greater results, controllability and measurable success? Which one holds you to the past and which one pulls you forward? Exactly! So in relation to establishing the changes you want and need for yourself and for the population, everything starts and has actual power through YOU. The building blocks reside in each of us. Positive change does not occur solely with our political entities.

Hope: We often summons up hope to act as a catalyst for new intentions or change. We place hope upon things we see value in.  By definition, hope means: to Want something to happen or to be true; to usually have good reason to think that it Might; to cherish a desire with Anticipation. As positive as hope is, it lacks clarity. There are limitations. It is definitely a step in the right direction, but for actual changes to occur, we need to go beyond anticipation. There is a big difference in trying and actually doing. Find hope in something, and then go further...much further.  Know your mission, know your purpose and see it through. See your actions as being based on knowing what you are doing, rather than just hoping for the best.
 
January 20th, 2009: Reflect back on the inaugural speech given on this date. While the speech was beautifully written, the "defining statements" of change the media so adamantly sought after, should actually come from each of us...we, the people. It is now your turn to speak. Visualize. See yourself back on January 20th on the steps of the Capital Building. Right on the heels of our new president's inaugural speech...with microphone in front of you, facing all people near and far and with complete audacity, focus, confidence and rock-solid determination, say (Ready):
 
"People of the United States and our neighbors across the world, we have many challenges in front of us. As individuals we are strong. As a collective we are stronger. We are all parts of the greater whole. Though our individual behaviors may vary, ultimately we share many of the same purposes and intentions. I know my own level of greatness and I know the full range of possibilities I possess. Each of you is equally capable of realizing your own magnificence. Wherever and however we see ourselves, we are much more than that. Accelerated changes for the betterment of this country and the world start with me and they start with each of you. As individual parts, we hold all the resources and insights necessary to establish new foundations for growth and congruency.
 
Starting today, at this very moment, my initial contribution in rebuilding my community is to (verb) (noun). The results of my actions will be realized by constructive changes in (noun).  In rebuilding my beloved country, I will (adverb) (verb) (noun) and (noun). I will guarantee its success by (verb). In rebuilding and strengthening relations with our global communities, I will (adverb) (verb) with entities such as (noun/proper noun). I will hold true to the course of my actions and will not waiver. I am the change that I expect to see in the world. Together, we are the changes that will happen everywhere. In closing, my defining statement to myself and to all of you is __________________."