MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR

"Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too." - Beau Taplin

Feb 08, 2024

Cross-posted by TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson

"The beauty here is a reflection of all of what Marianne has been gracing us with. Can you imagine such a person running this country? Many people don’t know how it was with Marianne in L.A. where for years she spoke nightly. No notes, always making sense. Names were called up before her lectures, to put in her prayer at the end where she remembered them verbatim -- Aunt Bessie in Minnesota who broke her leg sort of thing. She performed what looked like mentalists’ tricks, but it was her incredible mental capacity. People who lined up at the mikes gushed appreciations for what she meant to them. See my Marianne posts for more: https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/s/marianne-williamson"

- SUE Speaks

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you don’t win:)…

I appreciate greatly all the incredible people who accompanied me on our political journey over the last ten months. While the level of our failure is obvious to all, a level of success is real nonetheless. We articulated deeper, more authentic truths than those regularly acknowledged by the political establishment. And I’m not only glad we did that; I’m proud of it. We spoke for those most ignored in America today and whose wounds are most in need of healing. I wish I could have reached them. I know we would have provided hope.

I will never be able to fully express my gratitude to those who supported the campaign - as donors, as volunteers, as team members, and more. I hope the blessings you have shown me will be reflected in your life many times over. There are memories of support and kindness that I will cherish going forward, carrying an emotional fragrance that will linger in my heart forever.

In the final analysis, I think the only real failure in life is that which we fail to learn from. I have learned so much already and I know that I will learn more. Processing this experience will be an ongoing journey and forgiveness will guide me as I move through it. I will not allow the mental torment of all the woulda shoulda couldas to tie me to the past, but rather I will keep my eye on the larger story. In ways I cannot yet see, none of this will have been in vain. There are hidden gifts that have only just begun to reveal themselves.

Among those gifts are seeds I know we dropped into the hearts of many - those who will in their own time, in their own way, carry our ideas forward. Although as of today we are suspending our campaign, our platform - with its deep dive into so many issues - will remain on Marianne2024.com. I hope future candidates will take what works for them, drinking from the well of information that we prepared. My team and I brought to the table some great ideas, and I will take pleasure when I see them live on in campaigns and candidates yet to be created.

I wish I could give a personal hug to every person who encouraged me on this journey. So many had faith and believed in what was possible. While we did not succeed at running a winning political campaign, I know in my heart we impacted the political ethers. As with every other aspect of my career over the last forty years, I know how ideas float through the air forming ever new designs. I will see and hear things in different situations and through different voices, and I will smile a small internal smile knowing in my heart where that came from.

I am wishing you all the love in the world, with a thanks more sincere than you can possibly imagine. May love yet prevail, in our hearts and in the world.

Suzanne Taylor’s Now What?

MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR

"Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too." - Beau Taplin