Shakespeare and Your Vote

"Josie"

Small watercolor study

This coming week will contain an important event in the United States.  It will be Election Day, a wonderful opportunity for U.S. citizens to choose their leaders for the coming term by casting their votes.  It has been a wild and wearying campaign season.  I do encourage you to exercise your right to vote!

Sometimes it seems like corruption and greed loom large in leadership.  The task of overcoming strong powers that want to keep the status quo and use American taxpayer dollars freely without submitting themselves to the same systems can seem daunting.  Our leaders are violating the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights that they vow to protect.  But our vote is our voice!  Please exercise your right to vote.  It does matter!

You may think that it's too late to effect change or useless.  Let me remind you from history that many times when the odds have been overwhelming, the minority was able to overcome the insurmountable and win.  Remember the famous Battle of Agincourt in which England's King Henry V rallied his small battle-weary troup who were vastly outnumbered by the French.  Shakespeare immortalized King Henry's St. Crispin's Day speech in his play, Henry V.    Here is a video clip of it here:

Most of all, pray for the United States and the leadership it needs.  Pray that what is right and good will prevail, that selfish and corrupt interests will be exposed, that we will truly be one nation under God again, and that people's lives can flourish and thrive in our country.

Be strong, take heart, and...vote!

Live bravely and beautifully!