A decade ago, after watching An Inconvenient Truth and reading Al Gore's breakthrough book by
the same title, I wrote, "We're actually fortunate he's not in the Oval Office, ensnared in the
vast political machine. Instead of a sitting president, Gore is setting
precedent..."
Then
came Dennis Kucinich in 2004, catalyzing millions of Boomers to political
activism — many, like myself, for the first time. Listening to Dennis, tears rolled down my
cheeks, because he was articulating exactly how I felt; an astonishing
realization for a presidential candidate. But the masses were not yet ready for
his (r)evolutionary message.
In 2016,
Bernie Sanders has catapulted the issues Al and Dennis championed to the world
stage, with the same energetic resonance. Thanks to social media and the
Millennials, especially, Bernie has brought the Age of Awakening to the fore. And
he's not meant to be chained to the presidential pulpit, however much he may
think he wants it.
As this psychic presidential
prediction makes clear, Bernie is serving an exponentially greater role as a
voice of the people, mobilizing consciousness. Whatever happens after the
election, he has raised awareness across America and around the globe, no mean
feat for any political candidate, anywhere.
Setting
precedent is not for the timid. Al Gore stepped out after the 2000 election
voter fraud and illumined the world about climate change. In 2004, Dennis
Kucinich made cultural stewardship a global platform.
Bernie Sanders is modeling how to be inclusive, not exclusive: the rallying cry
that every person matters. There is no more compelling message than giving your
vision a voice.
Thank
you for your courage (literally, "heart"), Bernie. You are our
precedent, is every way that matters.
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Copyright June 2016 Amara Rose. All rights reserved.
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