A House Divided

I see so many politically militant messages on Facebook lately, filled with hate, especially in the light of Sandy Hook, the Boston Bombing, and Congress's refusal to pass  background checks. It is understandable to be frustrated. I know I am, but it makes me sad to see so many vicious posts directed towards people on the opposite side of the political spectrum, to the point that we get lost in that and forget what else matters.

Have we forgotten that some of the people we show hatred to are our friends and our family? I disagree with a lot of my family and friends on certain issues, and lord knows, they make me mad sometimes, but it is important to remember they are still friends and family. And people in this country, even when we disagree with them, are still fellow citizens. If we work together, we will make progress, but if we don't we are lost. It is unification that has made us strong. That was true when we settled our differences at the end of the Civil War, and when the Allied Forces defeated the Nazis and the Japanese during WWII.

A house divided against itself will not stand, and that is the political corruption we are seeing now more than ever in Washington, so it is now more important than ever that the American people stand up and unify against corruption and violence, against extremism of any kind, against hatred and paranoia, and work together through our differences instead of against each other because of them. If we don't remember that love can heal and unify us and live by that truth, our country will be destroyed, not by government officials, but by its own people.

But if we can learn from people like Jimmy Carter who stand firmly by their God and their moral values, but still treat people with whom we disagree with respect and attempt to see where their perspective is coming from, we might be able to rebuild the moral fiber of this amazing country for future generations.

One of my husband's favorite quotes, from Ramirez in Highlander II, reminds us that the point of power is in the choices we make now:

"Most people have a full measure of life... and most people just watch it slowly drip away. But if you can summon it all up... at one time... in one place... you can accomplish something... glorious."