God Bless Us, Everyone

Election day is now behind us.  Democracy was demonstrated through the power of voting. Some of us are celebrating victories of our preferred candidates today.  Others are grieving a difficult loss.  No matter which way the election turned out for each of us, I would hope that we will now work together to heal the rifts.  We humans are truly much more alike than we are different.  These days, however, one would be hard-pressed to see our similarities, given the divisive rhetoric of our politicians, media and even our neighbors and families.  What makes me sad is that we tend to focus more on our differences than we do on our commonalities.  There is so much more good we can do when we put our differences aside, seek to listen respectfully to each other and then reach out to wade through our differing opinions and ideas to find common solutions and viewpoints.  More than ever, this is my prayer.