The Times They Are A Changing

Today was a historic day for true love. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gay marriages are legal in all 50 states. Truly a momentous event for the country because love is love. You can’t dictate how you feel about a person and the government certainly has no business in dictating who one can or can not marry.  This is also the summer of Caitlyn “Bruce” Jenner and the transgender movement…Allowing people to be on the outside what they feel on the inside. It’s a powerful thing.. to embrace who you are or find the strength to live your life authentically and not by the standards of others.

For me it’s about reclaiming  my voice and pursuing what makes me happy and bringing joy to others. It’s about loving my kids enough to let them go ( a little bit) so they can figure out who they are. It’s about loving unconventionally because the purpose of love is to lift someone higher and to give them wings to soar because they are loved unconditionally.  It’s about embracing new standards of beauty, power and strength.  Whether you agree with her politics or not, the United Sates in 2016, will have the first viable female presidential candidate in Hillary Clinton.  Amen!! Girls need to be taught that it is ok to speak up, be smart, and be strong, inside and out.

Times, they are a changing.. Maybe not fast enough for many. Racial inequality and poverty are still issues plaguing this country. Our governor would rather spend millions of dollars financing a standardized test even though he revoked the Common Core Standards on which it is based, bad mouthes the profession and underfunded our pension instead of encouraging young people to enter the teaching profession.  I hope the passion my daughter currently possesses as she pursues her teaching degree is not diminished by the politics and bureaucracy which surrounds it.

But times they are a changing..

Come gather ’round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown and accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone if your time to you is worth Savin’ then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone.. For the times they are a-changin’… Bob Dylan

Chase the change.. Always!!