What an amazing presidential election this was for all!
How exciting — Americans have elected the first African-American president, just 40 years after the nation lost Martin Luther King Jr.
As someone who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, frankly, I never thought I would see a black person elected president in my lifetime. I remember telling my wife about 9 or 10 years ago that Colin Powell looked likely to be the first black president, but that I honestly doubted America would ever overcome widespread, latent racism enough in our lifetimes to see such a thing happen.
Happily, I was wrong!
I don’t know or care for whom you voted. That’s the beauty of our democracy. You can vote for the candidate of your choice and so can I. What I really DO care about is that you and I can get together, do anything and everything we can to support our current president and our newly elected president to make this a better nation and even a better world.
As I write these words I see horrendous economic problems dominating the news. We have lost more than 1 million jobs in America since January 1, 2008. We will probably lose many thousand more before things get better. Truly times are hard, and just getting by from day to day is getting harder for many.
Regardless of your politics or how you feel about the outcome of our elections, work and, yes, pray for better times ahead!
