There has been one benefit from this divisive, gut-wrenching election: It’s forced us to search our souls for what it means to be an American.
Do we divide, or do we unite? Do we appreciate our differences, or do we fear and abhor them? Do we label and categorize others, or do we engage them and seek to understand them? Do we build a fence to keep others out, or a gateway to let them in? Do we suspect the worst, or look for the best? Do we see the achievements of others, or only of our own? Do we act out of fear, or out of empathy?
Do we hold out our hand in welcome, or do we turn our backs?
ELIZABETH SANDERS
Hopkinton