A Historic Day

These are amazing times that we are living in.  No matter how you voted yesterday, today is a day to be remembered.  Yesterday the American people spoke and, by a sweeping majority, moved the first African-American into the White House.  So, putting politics aside, this is a historic day.  It is a day that I hope shows that the color lines in this country are being broken down.  That we are all Americans moving forward, together.  I hope that this country can put its differences aside and work together to be the great nation we are meant to be.  I have seen so much fear, hate, and anger spread around in the past few months.  It has saddened me to see our country seeming to shatter and struggle with basic respect for different viewpoints.  Is this not the backbone that the United States of America is built on?  So, today I celebrate history being made, and  I pray for the unity of my nation and rebirth of love and kindness between each other. 



I thought of these quotes....


"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other..." Mother Teresea

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you..." Jesus
 

"God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech Benjamin Franklin

This poem came to my mind this morning....

I, Too, Sing America
by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America. Blessings, Dawn