The trouble with getting older is that, with the years, a person gains some wisdom (if we didn’t, those years would be wasted, wouldn’t they?) but nobody will ask us to share that wisdom! I’d like to gather a group of youngsters around me, people in their thirties and forties, who have yet to reach the admirable stage of old age, and share with them some of the things I’ve learned.
I wish I had the gift of making a point through humorous speech, as did Will Rogers. He couched a truism in a way that people didn’t take offense, but he got his point across. That’s the trouble with a politician’s life, somebody is always interrupting it with an election, Will said. This election seems to be interrupting the lives of people who are not politicians too. And, that’s too bad. Or, maybe it isn’t. Maybe this election is so important that it should interrupt our lives and cause us to think, and weigh the outcome in the balance, and look down the road at the America we want for our children.
With this imaginary group of younger Americans gathered around me, I’d tell them that nothing is free. Everything comes with a price tag. If you don’t pay for something, your neighbor or your children will.
If you ask me, the core beliefs of your candidate are important. You can’t turn a blind eye to truth and pick and choose from a political menu. Find out what your candidate believes in and what he/she will do, once elected. Political parties have changed. What was true of them thirty years ago may not be true of them today. When you vote for a person, you are voting for a ticket.
These are uncertain times, if you ask me, and it is up to each of us to carefully consider options as we look down the road toward a hazy future. We want a strong America; we want to stand firmly on rock-solid beliefs that have been proven true. We want a solvent America, not one that is owned by foreign indebtedness. 
If you ask me, we have been blessed as a country because our Constitution is based upon strong Judaeo-Christian beliefs and ethics. If we want God’s blessings, shouldn’t we obey God’s laws? Putting political correctness or global inclusiveness ahead of what’s morally right is sort of like getting the cart before the horse. Not a good way to travel!
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