Final Thoughts

I'm sure you're all dying to know how I feel about the results of the election, and I think I'm finally ready to sum it all up and put it aside.

Quite frankly, I'm disappointed. I can't believe that there were so many people knowingly or unknowingly who would vote for a self-proclaimed Marxist. This is very indicative of where we're at as a country, and the good thing about this is now we know what we're up against. We really know what the majority of the country believes and now we can get to work changing people's hearts by first knowing exactly what you believe and why you believe it and then through honest and civil discussions with friends (which also means you have to make friends with people you don't agree with.)

This is not going to come by saying this is not my President, by saying the election was stolen (even though there is a lot of questions with ACORN), or by saying his birth certificate was forged. How often did you dismiss a persons argument when they said Bush stole the election? We lost a battle get over it. Honestly, who really wanted John McCain anyway? We knew there would be similar problems with him that we are now going to face with Obama. I would rather not fight those battles against someone who claims to be a conservative.

I know many of you who are frightened and disheartened by the threats from the opposition to Prop 8. I'm disgusted by it, and cannot believe the hypocrisy threaded throughout their "logic." I don't want to be anything like these people in crying foul when votes are cast by the majority of citizens to decide something different from what we believe. I don't want to be like the people who blame all their problems on the fact that Bush was elected. The ones gave that much power to Bush are the ones who view Obama as their savior and their only hope. I am in control of my fate, and no matter who is president I will continue to make my life what I want it to be.

Now let me say I'm done with parties. (Not real parties. You can still invite me to those. i.e. I really need some invites.) I'm done with political parties. Democrats and Republicans. I really believe the only thing they've accomplished as of late is to divide people who should be united. I saw a nasty comments fight on facebook about whether or not you can be a good Mormon and a democrat. It is horrible that we can be so disunited by a title when we should rather be united on principles. Let the Lord judge which principles we really uphold on an individual basis.

Finally, don't dismiss the writing on the wall. I believe a lot of the stuff we are currently are signs of the last days, but we shouldn't dwell on these entirely. Signs were given as a warning to get our lives in order and to remind us we need to share, and they aren't intended to scare us. We have a prophet to guide us. I love this quote from Pres. Monson.

"The past is behind--we must learn from it. The future is ahead--we must prepare for it. The present is now—we must live in it."

It's time to move forward, and I'm ready to move forward with hope for the future. I found this scripture and I realized it's not just hope, but a promise that we can go forward with.

"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world"

"Hope"

By Liz Lemon Swindle

(Oh and Palin/Jindal '12)