My Thoughts Today

I registered to vote immediately after I turned 18. The privilege and responsibility of voting was instilled in me. I proudly registered as Democrat as was my family tradition. There came a point in my life that I decided to change my party affiliation and registered Republican. I have my reasons.

I have voted in every primary and general election since I turned 18 in 1977. I have seen my candidates win and seen them lose. There have been times I was pleased with things elected officials have accomplished. I have also been greatly disappointed. I am proud to be an American but sometimes not the slightest bit proud of choices my countrymen, elected officials, and government have made. There are things about my nation that break my heart. Thus I vote at every election. I have watched Presidents make wise and godly choices for my nation and others not so much. Thus I vote at every election. I have sat through single and double terms of Presidents I did not vote for and of Presidents for whom I did vote. Thus I vote at every election. And I encourage everyone to vote their conscience, their beliefs and if they are unwilling to vote, then they should also be unwilling to complain.

I do understand the difficulty in sitting through the term of a person for whom you did not vote. But, I do not understand slamming and hate mongering. I have never and I will never bad mouth the President of the United States. And, believe me, there have been many policies and many presidencies over the past forty-two years that broke my heart deeply and I could not support in any way, shape, or form.

I tire of the constant anger and hate spewing from one party to the other. I tire of myself or others being judged and called hurtful things just because of my or their party affiliation. That is the reason I do not comment on or re-post any type of political junk. Our country does have laws. I am expected to obey them or suffer the consequences. I expect the same of everyone else. I firmly believe we should expect that of everyone citizen or guest.

To quote a song I love “I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I’m meant to be, this is me.” 

Have a blessed day, everyone, Chandra

p.s. If a comment on this post ends up spreading the very angry, hateful, hurtful things of which I have been speaking, I will remove the comment. Just sayin’.