New Year wishes

It's been awhile since I posted here, what with the holidays and all. But I thought it would be a good time tonite, as we await the arrival of 2009, to post my New Year's wishes. This has been an incredibly upsetting, tumultous year for us all, between the endless campaign season, the calamitous state of the economy, political scandals, murder, mayhem... you name it, we've had it! So what is on the horizon? Well, it doesn't really matter who you listen to, most people are predicting chaos, doom, upheaval, the end of civilization as we know it... all I can say is,
E N O U G H!
My sincere hope for 2009 is that somehow, global sanity is restored at least sufficiently enough that we all start acting responsibly and quit finger-pointing, laying blame and fighting like two-year olds. Let's try to identify problems without hidden agendas, come up with workable solutions, and practice a little teamwork to get back on track, so we can try to restore some normalcy to our lives and our communities.
This is going to require us all to become more active in our communities, pay more attention to what our elected representatives are doing, and speak up when we see things that are not right. We can no longer sit by and passively expect business to be taken care of by others. Hard as it may be to accept, there are those in this world who thrive on taking advantage of the apathy of others... they are all to happy to lie, cheat and steal whenever the opportunity arises, and the only defense we have against them is to be vigilant... expect the worst, but hope for the best. But I also think we need to actively support those who are doing the job we expect of them. And one way to do that is to communicate with our representatives, let them know about those things we think need attention; give them constructive input as to what we think can solve the problems we encounter; at the local level, write letters to your newspaper, attend neighborhood meetings, city council meetings, board supervisors' meetings; take part, pitch in, do what you can to make your community, your state, our country a better place to live in.
Well, I think that's enough soap-boxing for tonight... above all, let's do all we can to make 2009 a better year than all the pundits are predicting! God Bless all, and God Bless America!