New President

Today is the day for a new President of the United States. No matter whether you agree with the new President or not, it is a time of new things. Too bad so many people are majoring on what Mrs. Obama will wear. Too little on what Mr. Obama will say. Too bad so many people will wonder if Mr. Obama will say his middle name in the swearing in. Too little on what the challenges are ahead. There are challenges for all of us. I guess mine are job, home, and life. Others are what lies ahead. I wish for a little more love. So many people are caught up with polarization. They will tell you that they want to work together. They want to come together as one. But, when the rubber meets the road, it is business as usual. You are not like me, so I won't like you. And, it isn't just politics. It is life. Can we have a group hug? Can we just get along? Questions with no answers. Or, the answer is no. We have a lot of people in our country who just want to hate. No matter what. Look back on history. Some people paralyzed the country by trying to go against anything and everything that the folks in power proposed. It reminded me of something we did in high school. We were big rivals with another high school in debates. No matter what they proposed, we would go against it. If they proposed world peace, we would advocate world war. It really made them mad. But, we did it as a joke. Years later, when I reminded one of those rivals about our debates, he didn't remember it, and I found he had blocked it out. That was a game. This is real life. Reputations need to be set aside. Egos need to be put away. Let's get together. Please.