Yesterday was a historical event in the history of our country. Some people are celebrating today and some are crying tears of sadness, crying foul, or spitting hatred. Today we have a new president-elect. Today we need to come together as a country, a nation, a people and celebrate the fact that we DO have a choice and we CAN vote according to our choice, BUT, when it is said and done we need to have respect for the one who was elected even if that person was not the one of our choice. I think the following poem says it all:
The Cold Within
Six humans trapped by happenstance....in bleak and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back.
For of the faces round the fire, he noticed one was black.
The next man lookin cross the way, saw one not of his church,
And couldn't bring himself to give the fire his stick of birch.
The rich man just sat back and thought of the wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor.
The black man's face bespoke revenge as the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood was a chance to spite the white.
The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death's still hand was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without; they died from the cold within.
Author unknown.
Let us learn tolerance and exceptance of others who are not like us. Let us respect the man who will be our new President (even if he wasn't our choice). DON'T let our nation die from the cold within....TOLERANCE will be the key!!!
For now the doctor is out.....hoping someone out there is practicing tolerance towards me because I am different from them and praying others will practice tolerance for our new leader.
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