In his sermon today our priest spoke of beginnings and endings, and of the recent election. In doing so he said something that I’ll paraphrase here, but I believe I have the gist correct.
Regardless of what you think of Hillary or Trump, remember that the people who voted for each are neither Hillary of Trump. Each voter casted a vote for his or her own reasons.
It occurs to me that this is a good place to start the healing process. Yes, one could move to Canada, and while it might address individual concerns, it does not resolve the issue – besides, it gets really cold there. No, the starting point, and perhaps this can be done now that “win or lose” of the election is over, is to try to listen and understand what those individual concerns were and are that cause(d) people to support Trump or Hillary, or neither.
It occurs to me... 