We Won’t Go Back

I found myself cheering and crying at the statement oft-used during the Democratic National Convention, “We won’t go back.” It reinforced a vow I made to myself so many years ago.

In 1972, at age thirty, when I finally thought I might be able to “fix” what was so wrong in me, I made a vow to myself.

“I will never return to that dark; if I die in the process of healing into the Light, that is okay. I will never again go back to that darkness.”

I made a vow. Not a promise, Not an intention. Not a life plan, or a ten-year plan. I made a VOW! Somehow, a vow imprints itself not only in our mind and heart. It imprints itself in every chakra of our body. It imprints itself on our soul and Soul-Self. And it forever after informs every perception, every decision, every action, every response, every judgment or discernment.

A vow changes the trajectory of how one lives one’s life.

I hope the phrase “We won’t go back” is, indeed, a vow made by enough Americans, enough politicians to provide the foundation for healing and the ingredients needed to once more reach for the vision of America we all long for, one of tolerance, inclusion, self-determination and the freedom to be who you are.

Charlotte

Edited by Monique Huenergardt of MoReadsYou.com