Yes, it dawned this morning, too.
It’s November 7, 2012; the elections are over.
The speeches, both of victory and of concession, have been
made. Candidates have left the podiums, their supporters have retreated to
their homes and social media accounts. The confetti has been scattered, the
balloons dropped and the raised blood pressure of those both delighted and
furious is regulating. Today, I saw a volunteer stop along the roadside collecting
signs that yesterday stood stalwart in support of their candidate and today are
already swaying awkwardly in the chilly November drizzle. Time. We cannot ever
suppress time.
It is said that time heals all wounds. I hope the adage is
true for America. We are a country wounded by this election-regardless of the
turnout and regardless of who won and who did not. The divided feeling pervades
the air; this is not the way America can be successful. As I begin to assess
what this election means to me personally, I am reminded to consider this: What
do I mean to this country? What can I do to make the next four years great?
That my next four years are successful and happy is incumbent upon me alone!
Do not take the election results as a defeat or a triumph.
America is founded on individualism.
We are still individuals, still have our own liberties and are still free to
make choices for ourselves, are still able and should be willing to attain our own dreams! Be an
individual. Work hard, be abundant in your lives, and offer what you can to
your family, your community and to your country. Relying on our governmental
system and its elected officials for personal happiness or discontentment is a
mistake that insults the true achievement of ‘the Great Experiment’ of the
United States of America.
Today is a new day.
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