Iiiiitttttt’s aaaaaaa brand new day!

It’s a brand new day!!

It’s a Brand. New. Day!

That’s a song that my sister (and I) used to sing a lot.  And for some reason, it popped into my head in the middle of the night last night.  And it seemed like the perfect title for today’s post.  Because it IS a brand new day in America.  In so many ways.

Black or white, or anywhere in between, we are ALL American’s and we are all proud of our country.

Christian, Agnostic, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Sikh,  Taoist, Wiccan, Scientologist, Atheist, or anything else, we are ALL American’s and we are all proud of our country.

We are not a country, or a world for that matter, of black and white.  We are made up of many colors, and that is how we must view our future.  There is no clear answer to any issue.  There is no simple solution to the problems we face.  We won’t always agree, but we have to be able to see where the other side is coming from.

We have to FORCE ourselves to see beyond our own black and white view of things.  We have to force ourselves to see things from other’s perspectives.  We have to force ourselves to see things in a new light.  We have to get beyond the divisiveness that has succeeded in turning us into two separate groups.  We’ve somehow become an “Us” and a “Them”.

We must come together.  As one unified Nation.  The UNITED States of America.

We’ve been lied to in the past.  It’s left us cynical and unable to trust.  We have good reason to be suspicious of our leaders.  But it’s time to be hopeful.  It’s time to put faith in Barack Obama’s ability and willingness to bring us together.  To allow US to have a voice in what happens to OUR country, to us.

To put faith in the fact that he’s not hellbent on destroying our Nation.  That he will protect our country at all costs.  That he’s not hoping for defeat in Iraq.  He’s not going to ruin Capitalism or turn us into Communists.  We’re better than that, and we must believe it.

I have that faith, do you?

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.  Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.  As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.  – Barack Obama  11/4/2008

*And I’ve never done it before, but because today is about being positive and hopeful, I will, without regret, delete any comment left here that even hints at negativity. You’ve been warned.*

**Part Two, An Open Letter to John McCain, can be found here.  Please sign it, by leaving a comment, if you’re so inclined.**

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