As we near election day in November and ponder our role in this democracy, our task, and our responsibility, I thought a few words from John Adams might be a necessary lift for those who have fallen embittered with the political war that rages in our land.
John Adams said, "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide."
How do we keep from killing ourselves?
Democracy kills itself when people stop trying, stop pushing, stop pressing, stop being active and simply remain passive spectators.
Democracy doesn't last long becasue people stop caring and they hand the decisions over to the few. Thus the people are no longer represented; the voice of the people become silent and the voice from the hill make all the noise.
"This land is my land, this land is your land..." should be the continued melody that lingers in our cerebral folds and urge us on to take hold of the task at hand.
Thus we honor God and country by taking a stand and refusing to surrender our responsibiltiy and our duty in this democracy we have inherited.
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