We've been fighting all year, and just before the elections, it got bloody between us.

I'm tired and even though my candidate won, I'm not so proud of the methods and madness that got us here.

So until after January 1, I plan to allow the better side of myself to be known.

I've said it before but there's a nice guy inside of me and he's dying to be free.

I don't care about what you may or may not believe in.

I would just like to spend some time with you all in peace and respect for at least this short period of time.

And to anyone here who sees me as an enemy, along with all of those who call me friend, I would like to say that I wish the very best to you and those you love.

And I DO mean every single one of you.

Well said, well done...
Our passions run deep but all for love our country..Whether we agree or not is not really the issue..It is our resolve motivated by wanting what is best for everyone...

Sometimes we forget, we are but human..

Merry Christmas to everyone.. Thank You all you really are~~ loving, kind people... Our home away from home to share, learn, and yes, build respect, fondness and friendship...A wonder reward....

Thunder rumbles in the mountain passes
And lightning rattles the eaves of our houses.
Flood waters await us in our avenues.

Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalanche
Over unprotected villages.
The sky slips low and grey and threatening.

We question ourselves.
What have we done to so affront nature?
We worry God.
Are you there? Are you there really?
Does the covenant you made with us still hold?

Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters,
Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope
And singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.
The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,
Come the way of friendship.

It is the Glad Season.
Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner.
Flood waters recede into memory.
Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us
As we make our way to higher ground.

Hope is born again in the faces of children
It rides on the shoulders of our aged as they walk into their sunsets.
Hope spreads around the earth. Brightening all things,
Even hate which crouches breeding in dark corridors.

In our joy, we think we hear a whisper.
At first it is too soft. Then only half heard.
We listen carefully as it gathers strength.
We hear a sweetness.
The word is Peace.
It is loud now. It is louder.
Louder than the explosion of bombs.

We tremble at the sound. We are thrilled by its presence.
It is what we have hungered for.
Not just the absence of war. But, true Peace.
A harmony of spirit, a comfort of courtesies.
Security for our beloveds and their beloveds.

We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas.
We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.
We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.
Peace.
Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.
We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian,
Implore you, to stay a while with us.
So we may learn by your shimmering light
How to look beyond complexion and see community.

It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language
To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

At this Holy Instant, we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ
Into the great religions of the world.
We jubilate the precious advent of trust.
We shout with glorious tongues at the coming of hope.
All the earth's tribes loosen their voices
To celebrate the promise of Peace.

We, Angels and Mortal's, Believers and Non-Believers,
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves
And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation.


Peace, My Brother.
Peace, My Sister.
Peace, My Soul.

Maya Angelou

We've been fighting all year, and just before the elections, it got bloody between us.

I'm tired and even though my candidate won, I'm not so proud of the methods and madness that got us here.

So until after January 1, I plan to allow the better side of myself to be known.

I've said it before but there's a nice guy inside of me and he's dying to be free.

I don't care about what you may or may not believe in.

I would just like to spend some time with you all in peace and respect for at least this short period of time.

And to anyone here who sees me as an enemy, along with all of those who call me friend, I would like to say that I wish the very best to you and those you love.

And I DO mean every single one of you.

We've been fighting all year, and just before the elections, it got bloody between us.

I'm tired and even though my candidate won, I'm not so proud of the methods and madness that got us here.

So until after January 1, I plan to allow the better side of myself to be known.

I've said it before but there's a nice guy inside of me and he's dying to be free.

I don't care about what you may or may not believe in.

I would just like to spend some time with you all in peace and respect for at least this short period of time.

And to anyone here who sees me as an enemy, along with all of those who call me friend, I would like to say that I wish the very best to you and those you love.

And I DO mean every single one of you.

We've been fighting all year, and just before the elections, it got bloody between us.

I'm tired and even though my candidate won, I'm not so proud of the methods and madness that got us here.

So until after January 1, I plan to allow the better side of myself to be known.

I've said it before but there's a nice guy inside of me and he's dying to be free.

I don't care about what you may or may not believe in.

I would just like to spend some time with you all in peace and respect for at least this short period of time.

And to anyone here who sees me as an enemy, along with all of those who call me friend, I would like to say that I wish the very best to you and those you love.

And I DO mean every single one of you.