I am not a "boat rocker". I avoid conflict. A peace keeper. A people pleaser. Raised by a single mother who raised 5 kids after having been widowed 2 x... I am a self starter, a diplomat, an economist, a glass Half full... kinda girl. I get things done. I am successful.
Yesterday I STOOD on a busy rotary with a sign for a Candidate running for state representative. I STOOD because I believe in this man. I STOOD and was so grateful to be an American who could STAND for someone...What a gift it is to be FREE to express, to vote, to STAND for someone.
I had other places I would have liked to have been. I wrestled in my head the entire drive to the rotary with all the other things I should be doing. The committee in my head was working overtime to convince me standing on the Rotary in the cold was not the "highest and best" use of my time. But I made a commitment. I STOOD.
I waved and smiled and gave the thumbs up to the people who passed. I endured the honking, the avoidance of eye contact by the drivers who were on their phones or singing to their radios, I even smiled at the young who gave me the finger more than once. It is, after all, Their RIGHT. However, not polite.
I thought about how I will now treat people waving on street corners. I thought how I will go out of my way to smile and wave and honk because... They are STANDING. I may not support their candidate. But I so support their commitment.
Maybe that is what we are missing in America. A majority of the courageous who will STAND.
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