Free Will, We All Have It. Don’t Forget

I have some hope that people will actually start listening to one another. This hope comes from conversations or notes I’ve read from some of you on Face Book or in real life.

Most of us are so dang sick of sound bites, news clips, manipulation of facts and party politics that we are ready, or getting close to ready, to shut up and start listening to each other.

I just finished meeting with a young man who worked on my campaign for Secretary of State. Our conversation is private but something he said is too good not to repeat.

“God didn’t give us free will so we could take it away from other people.”

This doesn’t mean you can’t offer opinions, ideas or that you have to agree.

But what it means is you do have to play nice.