Ellen Besso Coaching

With all the personal healing work I’ve been doing lately, along with the infusion of the wonderful new energies surrounding us, I am beginning to feel very renewed. In fact part of me feels the newness and excitement I felt when I was in the honeymoon phase of my time on the Sunshine Coast.

When I first moved to Gibsons, BC, on the peninsula called the Sunshine Coast, a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver, I knew I’d arrived in a very special place. It was very different from southern Ontario where I spent my first 40 plus years. I felt a sense of awe at the physical beauty, never knowing what each new day would bring.

Today when I walked downtown around 4:30 just as the light was fading, to meet my friend Diane at our favourite haunt, Grandma’s Pub, I felt the specialness of this place all over again. I took the path by the water soaking in the beauty of the ocean with its backdrop of enormous coniferous trees, changing colours and mountains in the distance. I feel so very blessed to have this place as my home base.

We had our federal election recently, and our very conservative Conservative party took power again, still in a minority, but with a larger number of seats than last time. Our Liberal leader, although very qualified, lacks charisma, and was unable to explain the complexities of his proposed revenue neutral carbon tax on every business and individual that uses technology that produces carbon, i.e. everything from cars to the Alberta oil sands.

My partner, who understands the political and economic nuances more than I ever realized, pointed out to me recently that even though the Liberals messed up so badly, the Conservatives still didn’t win a majority government. As someone who took the unusual step of voting strategically in this election in an attempt to deny the Conservative party a seat in my riding, that does make me feel a little better!

I feel very hopeful that Obama will be elected on Tuesday in the United States. As much as I respect Hilary Clinton and her high level of skill and experience, I believe that Obama represents the new world…a world where we truly help each other and share the wealth so that no one starves.

There was a wonderful article in the Vancouver Sun last Saturday, October 25th, by Pete McMartin. It explained some of the differences between Canadian and US political parties, and was called: Dear America: Things you need to know about socialism. I learned a lot from it about the differences between our countries. I cannot do justice to it in the space  available and I really don’t understand the differences well enough. So I encourage you to read it in its entirety yourselves so that we will understand each other better.

The world we live in is becoming more hopeful in many ways now. One turtle step at a time, we can make a difference in our world.