What a transformational night we had last night as a nation! Layla and I were virtually in tears. When CNN projected Obama the winner a wave of warmth and relief washed over me, it was amazing!

I feel like we are finally waking up.

I did have an interesting thought though. I can remember being bewildered that we could elect a moron like Bush, and then re-elect him. Symbolically I think it was a metaphor for something very dark in our collective unconscious that perhaps needed to be examined and brought to the surface. Having Bush as our president can be likened to being in an abusive relationship and having the option to leave after 4 years, but we chose to stay in it for another round because we felt like we deserved to be punished or something. We had enough of the bullshit, and now we know collectively what we do not want and what does not work for us.

To put this in a personal perspective,I was in a bad relationship for almost 5 years prior to 2001. After I had had enough I was alone for 2 years. in 2002 I met my now wife Layla, and as I entered this new relationship I came into it with the knowledge of what I did not want. Knowing this helped me to avoid falling into the many pitfalls we all tend to fall into when entering a new relationship. I have found myself being grateful for having experienced the “bad” relationship because it taught me so much about myself and I eventually felt empowered to change it.