“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
– Abraham Lincoln
To be clear, I was so blue that Obama’s face was the wallpaper on my phone throughout most of his two-term administration. I was checkbox blue. If the agenda was Democratic, I scarcely needed to read further. You had my vote. I put my weight on the side of the scale for justice. I marched for equality, reform, and overall, compassion.
My blue-bleeding heart ached to see the ignorance of inequity, the short-sightedness of consumption, and the bullying done by the big institutions. At times, I was F-you-blue, marching wild in the streets, writing exuberant missives in my political communications courses. Noam Chomsky and Angela Davis were on my altar.
They say this life is moving from The Fool card to The World card in the Tarot deck. The blind faith that begins the journey transforms to wisdom that might look almost the same, only entirely different. It’s the moment when you discover that your heroic parents are fallible, but you still love them and can survive without their superhero support. Or that the American Dream may have some flaws in the plot line, but it’s still the country we choose to live in.
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