What if?

What if politicians called you the victim?

What if politicians told you they were the only ones that could protect you?

What if politicians told you the other side is the enemy?

What if that is how you saw people who disagree with you?

What if one side told you it was all about progress?

What if politicians told you the other side wanted to take everything away from you?

What if one side told you it was about protecting traditional values?

What if politicians knew how to manipulate you?

Chances are the country would look like the way it does now.

What if we ignored politicians?

What if we began to dialogue with those who think differently with us?

What if we stopped seeing ourselves as victims?

What if we began to build friendships with those who look differently than us?

What if we stopped looking at the other side as the enemy?

What if we actually started loving those who would vote different than us?

What if we saw through the manipulation?

What if we didn’t let our history’s past define us?

Chances are we would build a more perfect union. One not built on hate, rather built on love for your fellow neighbor.

Will we ever be perfect? I doubt it. However, I believe it would be better than what we have now. We are a very diverse society, there is no way we will ever think the same on every issue. I am okay with that. What I am not okay with is the militarization of the “base” of each political party. We must be better. We can be better.

"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." - Romans 12:18