Left wing or right wing, all I know is a bird can’t fly
without both. So, here’s my question. What makes everyone think this country
can get by without both parties? This is perhaps what has saddened me most
about this most recent election.
I had hoped once the election was over, some of the
nastiness I saw coming from “Christian” people on both sides of the center
would stop. It didn’t. I am seeing so much negativism and ugliness, that it
saddens me. It was difficult enough hearing all the slander and bad-mouthing
that was happening through the campaigns, but, to see it once things are over,
wow. Just, wow.
Nobody seems to have any respect for the fact that this
country was founded on freedom. That freedom includes the right to have a
different opinion. What happened to respecting other people? Why did we
suddenly become a nation of “My way or the highway?”
I do not believe there is any way we can survive the things
that have been going on in this country without cooperation. Just because
someone’s opinion is different, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is wrong! Not
every difference of opinion means that it’s the wrong answer; it could just be
a different way of looking at the same problem.
Do I agree with everything the party I voted for believes
in? No. Do I agree with everything the other party believes in? No, again. Do I
think both parties have good ideas? Yes. Do I think they could work together
and come together with good ideas? Yes. I firmly do believe that. Do I think
those elected people will grow up and try to overcome their differences?
Probably not. Why? The general public isn’t doing it. Why should they?
It feels that some people thrive on the divisiveness. It
seems that some enjoy saying, “Nyah, nyah, I’m better than you because I am
from THIS group.” Really? So, politics has suddenly become the high school
popularity contest? “Wear the right clothes and have the same ideas and you can
join our group, which is better than THAT group.”
True respect is the one thing this nation needs more than
anything else. It saddens me to say that I don’t see it enough. Too many people
don’t respect the laws that govern this land. Too many children don’t respect
their parents. Too many people don’t respect their elders. Why would they
respect each other? Why would they respect others’ opinions? When we have
states that think the federal government has the wrong answer and make up their
own, opposite laws, we can’t expect those that govern the entire country to
agree on anything. Can we?
My prayer is that, at some point, people remember the words
of Aretha Franklin and take them to heart. Respect means a lot to me. There
have been many times in my life that, though I have had to grit my teeth and
bite my tongue, I still showed respect. Why? Because, eventually, everyone
learns, God is ultimately the one in charge and the only one whose opinion
truly matters.
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