Post Traumatic Election Disorder

I am appalled at some of the email and facebook posts I have read today. I was really hoping that all the senseless name-calling and mud-slinging would end with the election. Get over it!! Obama is our President for now and this nation needs EVERYONE to support the bi-partisan rebuilding efforts instead of acting like a bunch of vindictive, petulant children. What are we...a nation of snotty middle-schoolers??? Grow up, America!

If you favor that "take back America" slogan, well - here is your chance to show you are up to the challenge. Even though polls verify that we are a nation divided about the best way to move forward, certainly we can find common ground. Whether it is a renewed effort to better educate and provide safety for our nation's children or creating jobs through diversification and new technology, we ALL benefit from working together toward common goals. Complaining about the problems and refusing to pitch in with the excuse of "I didn't vote for him" is not only destructive to the common good, but a disgrace to the spirit that built this country.

We were BORN a nation divided with just a single vote making the decision that we would be independent. If those founding fathers could find a way to build what we became with only a one-vote majority, then we can certainly roll up our collective sleeves and make a renewed effort to rebuild on that legacy. We can't do it unless we set aside our destructive old differences and "be the change you want to see in the world."