United we stand. Divided we fall

Patrick Henry famously said, “…United we stand, divided we fall.” The same sentiment has been paraphrased and used many times by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, to name two. If you hold a single twig it can easily be broken in half with little effort but when joined by several twigs, they cannot be broken as easily, if at all.

Now is the time to join together. It must not matter what your age, race, ideologies, religious beliefs, ethnicity, sexuality, education or wealth status are. What is being done by the Republicans (yep, I’m naming the perpetrators-in my opinion) to keep the favor of a sociopathic, pathological, narcissistic, under-educated, greedy pretender to the throne is beyond my comprehension.

Now is the time to clasp hands and stand strong against those who desire to acquire wealth and power (in my opinion). In doing so, they show no consideration to the people of this country. Seem to have no second thought about our seniors, our veterans, our children, our LGBTQ, our disabled, our sick, businesses, education, medical research, technology, the economy. There isn’t a corner that will not be affected. So if you think you or anyone in your family won’t be touched in some way, you are wrong.

Now is the time to put aside everything else and stand together. This country must have a two party political system. We need checks and balances. We must maintain a fair and impartial judicial system. We must be moral, ethical, responsible, compassionate. When the well-being of all is considered, our society is stronger,  healthier and everyone prospers, not just the few.

Stand together. Stand united. There will always be issues that we disagree about, concerns we don’t see eye to eye on, areas of discord but there are many things that go beyond political ambition. We need to find our common humanity and be concerned with the welfare of others by joining together to become stronger, unable to be broken by those who want only to serve themselves.

We must do it before they come for you, before your family is irrevocably damaged and no one is left to stand up and be strong, for you.