People have power to save democracy
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Editor,
There is an empowering answer to what our nation is going through right now. It involves each of us.
Our present political divide has caused our democracy to be in peril. We each have a role in healing this divide. Our democracy offers each of us the opportunity to contribute in some appropriate manner.
One thing I have chosen is to write letters to the editor. Often they are based upon my spiritual learning. This began early for me. The following is what my mother would repeat with my brother and me every night as she tucked us in.
“God is love. That love surrounds me. In that love I safely dwell. ‘Tis above, beneath, within me. God Is love and all is well.”
It is one thing to repeat these words, it is quite another to live them. Each of us has some way of contributing. And in our democracy we each are free to do so. “We the People” have power. Our media needs to speak about this and encourage participation. Openly using our “positive people power” is essential at this critical time. This is my belief.
Bob McClellan
Missoula
