A Country Divided

I had a great conversation with a dear friend yesterday about this very topic and she gave me some great advice, as she always does, and that’s what led me to write this blog.

I am very sad and concerning about how divided our country is today. I have never seen it so bad. WE need to change and do something about it now!

The news is filled with stories blaming ‘them’, finger pointing and saying ‘they’ did it, critical and enraged comments on social media saying it’s ‘their’ fault.

Who is ‘them’, ‘they’, ‘their’?

We need to work together and become ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ we need to become The UNITED States again.

There are so many examples of this happening daily unfortunately. Whether it was after Charlie Kirk was senselessly murdered or after the horrific shooting/fire at the church in Michigan, people start pointing and saying ‘it was them’, ‘it’s their fault’ before any evidence has been discovered/released. It’s the Democrat’s fault, it’s the President’s fault, it’s Congress’ fault, IT’S EVERYONE THAT DISAGREES WITH MY THINKING’S FAULT.

We are ALL responsible in one way or another and we ALL need to step up and work together to fix it! TOGETHER!!

I don’t know when this great divide started nor am I going to point a finger and blame ‘the other side’, there has to be ONE SIDE…The UNITED States of America.

I try not to to post anything negative on social media but I have in the past and I am COMMITTED to not doing that anymore. I have called out ridiculous comments on social media and stood on my beliefs and opinions. NOT ANYMORE. And just because I’m not posting my rebuttals on social media doesn’t mean I agree with the post, it just means I am trying to do my little part to close the divide in the country and bring us back together.

I read recently that so many of the social media posts that are divisive are coming from outside the country in an effort to divide us. We can't fall for it. Our enemies are trying to divide us and weaken us, we need to stand up and not allow this, we need to stop sharing and forwarding these posts and videos. There is evil out there and it's our job to squash it! We need to stand TOGETHER!

I’ve been traveling around the country for almost 3 years now, meeting wonderful people from all over the lower 48 and have had amazing encounters with so many people. I don’t know if they are Republicans or Democrats, I don’t if they go to church or not, I don’t know if they listen to CNN or FOX… I do know the one thing we have in common… We are living in the greatest country and have more freedoms then anyplace else in the world. We need to protect that at all costs…TOGETHER.

The Bible, Mark 3:25

‘And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.’

Patrick Henry, 1799

‘United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.’

Kentucky State Motto

‘United we stand, divided we fall.’

‘Liberty Song’ by John Dickinson in 1768

‘Then join in hand, brave Americans all; By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall’

What am I going to do?

• Smile more and spread joy and happiness as much as I can.
• Stay positive and shut out all the negativity around me as much as possible.
• Positive posts only on social media.
• Post pictures of good stuff.
• Stay out of the debating society.
• Focus on good news and scroll by all the negative/hateful news.
• Enjoy life
• Pray for UNITY and better UNITED States
• Continue exploring our beautiful country and meet awesome people!

What are you going to do? I would love to see your comments and ideas on what else I can do.