Shabbat Sermon: For a Nation United in Worry: We Strongly Disagree, And I Love You Anyway with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Summary: <p>Paradoxically, it turns out that we are the United States of America after all.</p> <p>United in our insomnia.  Both Republicans and Democrats report not being able to get a decent night’s sleep.</p> <p>United in our fear.  Both parties fear that if the other candidate wins, the very future of our nation is endangered.</p> <p>United in our alienation from national unity. However you voted, the reality is that about half the country voted for <em>the other</em> candidate.  United in not getting that fifty percent.</p> <p>United in living with a pit in our stomach.</p> <p>United in handling all this stress not well.  We eat too much. We drink too much. We perseverate too much.</p> <p>The United States of America. United in our dividedness. United in our 50-50 split.</p> <p>In the face of this division, I want to raise a single question.  For each person listening, here is the question: <em>what can I do, what can I personally do right</em> <em>now, to make this grim situation a little better</em>?</p>