No matter what your preference for winner, this was an historic moment
in the making. At the end of the day we would have either the first
female VP or the first African American president. Truly a day to pause
and reflect on how far we've come. Not to mention the, possibly record
making high, voter turnout (I just looked ... numbers are still coming
in and there's some debate about how to interpret them).
Yes, we can. We always could. And it was far less about who sat in the
Oval Office than it was about getting involved, being heard, and caring
more about the fate of our nation than we do about who wins the next
sports championship.
It seems to me ... if we are to reclaim and rebuild a country of
integrity, strength, and compassion ... then We The People need to step
up to the plate and do the work.
When I went to bed, immediately following Obama's acceptance speech,
popular vote was still running pretty close to 50/50. That means half of
we who voted are waking up with their dreams in the loss column this
morning. Both McCain and Obama stressed the need to come together in
unity to begin the work of healing and growing.
We, here in the healing marriages community, get this. Just as it takes
both partners joining hands and hearts and spirits to craft a marriage
of strength and fulfillment, just as it takes engagement and curiosity
and action from both partners, just as it takes the hard work of growth
and integrity to make a marriage work, so too does it take all that to
craft a nation in keeping with the vision of our founding fathers .... a
vision of freedom and responsibility never before seen in history.
So this morning, this day after the culmination of an historic race and
election, I challenge each and every one of you to look deep inside and
in the words of John Kennedy, "Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country." And then do it.
Yes, we can.
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