Guest Author - Sylvia Cochran

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Thus read the introductory words of the Constitution of the United States. Have you ever wondered about this Preamble? I mean, those of us who have the privilege to live in the United States pride ourselves on our justice system, on our personal liberties, and all the other perks that come with living here, but have we ever truly considered these few words? Have we seen them as something that “they” (whoever “they” may be) came up with, and that don’t really pertain to us, personally, anymore? Let’s take a closer look!

to form a more perfect Union

Is our Union perfect? Those most critical of the current administration will be quick to point out the flaws of our country. Even those who are wearing rose-colored glasses and refuse to find any fault whatsoever with those in power, will have to agree that our country is far from perfect. Yet -- what is perfection? And how do you know when you’ve got it?

Perfection is not attainable on this side of heaven; however, each one of us, the People of the United States can do something to bring our country a little closer to perfection. Suggestions include very simply things, i.e.

• letting go of the senseless emotionally charged rhetoric of the radical left and right. Nobody is always wrong, just like nobody is always right. Neither the left nor the right have the panacea for what ails this country, and no matter who is the President of the great country, it will never rival the Garden of Eden.
  
• investing ourselves fully into this country, because of our various backgrounds, creeds, races, and professions -- not in spite of.
  
• working together to drastically reduce the numbers of abortions -- and not engaging in heated rhetoric for the sake of the rhetoric itself.
  
• working together to drastically reduce the number of school drop-outs -- and not seeking to throw more money at a problem that “they” (whoever “they” might be) should be fixing.
  
• working together to help those in need rather than pointing the finger at the ineffectiveness of “them” (whoever “them” might be) that are doing a poor job.

The list goes on, but you get the idea.

Please stay tuned for part II!