A Call - Mitch Albom and Richard Rohr -

 These men are quite a bit different from each other, and yet their words yesterday and today are similar. A call for "Stop it." 

I'm a pacifist - and I am broken, torn, shredded, sorrowful, and afraid. Although, I hate being told what to do - so I'm also a fighter - stubborn, loyal, defending, torn, and afraid. 

The daily pain I see tears at these two me's - I am conflicted, and I have heartburn, sleepless nights, anxiety, doubt, faith, and hope. 

Albom says: 

"I know this: If the winners gloat and the losers threaten, we won’t be any better than we’ve been the last six months. And does anyone really want the country of the last six months to be the country of the next four years?"

While Rohr writes, 

"Of all the tensions we must hold in personal and political life, perhaps the most fundamental and most challenging is standing and acting with hope in the 'tragic gap.'"

And, "These letters are addressed to those of you who are sincerely and devotedly trying to camp elsewhere than in any political party or religious denomination and outside the world of strongly held opinions. We know full well that we must now avoid the temptation to become our own defended camp."

Lastly,