We are a nation built for slow and subtle change. We occasionally are confronted with the ugly side of our history, that we could empower slavery for instance. What a horrible part of our history. Looking into these horrors is not easy, but when we yield to the discovery of our darker sides, we eventually soften and grow stronger toward all fellow human beings.
We have a country that is built to change, sometimes radically. Yet we seem to be in such pain as we change, ready to throw out the people that are most important to this country, ourselves. It is far too easy to dismiss, trash and discard those who advocate for some type of change that we want no part of. We may know we are right on the subjects and that may settle the whole affair for us, no need for further dialogue or any kind of connection at all.
When we do this death dance with others, we are ultimately destroying what the founding leaders of our country wanted so hard to avoid. They wanted us to grow and mature and wizen so that America would never be static but better, always moving toward better.
I pray each day for leadership that remembers that we are in this together and then acts that way. We are not static, we are changing, together we can be better.