American Healing

I found myself in a discussion about voting in the up-coming election.  Her contention, as a learned Theologian, is that neither candidate or party are acceptable.  I will not elaborate on her criteria but I will absolutely uphold her rightt to her beliefs.  At the end of the "voting is a cornerstone of our Democracy" discussion, her position, to not vote, held strong.

I then asked her, "Which candidate will promote the greatest healing for our country?"

My question was less an appeal for her vote but a clearly stated acknowledgement of The Greater Good.  Regardless of which side of the aisle, we all need to begin to heal from these tumultuous times.  We need to remember the benefits of ourunited effort in this great Democracy experiment.  We need to see that working together is much better than living in isolated silos.  We need time to rest and recuperate.  We need a stable professional who is fully qualified to be The President of the United States.

The 'rest and recuperation' is not about being physically quiet.  We still need to move through our daily lives.  We need to recover from the social noise of the politics of hatred.  We must unite and move on as a country beyond the divisiveness of our current climate.