Compassion

We are living in very difficult times. The people in the United States are deeply divided about the path our country should take in the future. We’ve just been through a really tense election, as we were in 2020. AGAIN, half the country is feeling disenfranchised, angry, and scared.

It is really important that we try to tone down the rhetoric. Free speech is one of our basic rights and should be defended at all costs. Violence and destruction should not have any part in that. Restraint is needed on both sides.

Soul searching and trying to find common ground is more important than ever. We all want our country to be strong and its people able to prosper. We all want everyone treated with respect and dignity.

In the coming days we need to be mindful. We need to appreciate the fact that we all hold strong beliefs and that feelings are raw on both sides at the moment. Try to understand, try to give everyone the benefit of any doubt, try to come together in our efforts to make the world a better place.