Thinking about the "Other America"

There was an interesting article in the first section of today's Washington Post discussing how people in rural Arkansas feel about being in Obama's America. You can see it at http://www.washingtonpost.com/.

One of the quotes from an interviewee was that once he heard about Barack Obama's election, he went out and spent $400 on ammunition because of his fear that he would lose his ability to use his guns or find ammo for them after increased regulation happened.

I was struck by how fear makes us do some pretty weird things.

Much of this man's reaction was due to a comment Obama made about those in rural America clutching their guns and religion, intimating that this was detrimental to the "reality" of the New World. It made me see that things I may say offhandedly may come back to bite me, if I am not careful about them.

We are going into a cycle this next week or so of a Solar Eclipse. My astrologer, Bonnie Miller Donaldson, indicates that this may make us react thoughtlessly, causing us to regret what we say later.

Everyone is a teacher for everyone else in some way. Look around and see all the "others" in your life today. What do they have to teach you?