Many of us have just celebrated the birth of Jesus on Sunday. For Christians, he is the Son of God and the savior of the world. For Jews, Muslims and many others, who don’t acknowledge his divinity, they recognize Jesus of Nazareth as a prophet and a great man.
Regardless of your religious beliefs, the message of love of fellow man, peace on earth and doing good for others resonates inside each of us.
We’ve been through a tough decade, and we likely face many more challenges in 2012 and beyond. There’s much we can’t change individually, but there are plenty of things we can do that can have a terrific impact on our community and the world.
Like the baby New Year shown above, we should “Think Positive” as we face 2012.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was famous for his “Power of Positive Thinking” book and overall attitude. And yet, he faced severe criticism when he opposed John F. Kennedy for his Catholicism in the prelude to the 1960 Presidential Election. Peale later withdrew from partisan politics. Today he’s remembered much more for his positive thinking and for Guideposts magazine than he is for his foray into politics.
Peale and others have long suggested that thinking positively and envisioning a goal will lead to the dream becoming reality.
On a local level, that might be a good thing for us to do in Georgetown County.
We’ve long been looking forward to the successful completion of the drainage project in the City of Georgetown. In recent months, that’s been halted because of the sinkholes that have developed. We don’t yet know whether the drainage project has led to the sinkholes, but meanwhile we can help the businesses and individuals who have to deal with those problems.
Likewise, there are problems aplenty in society. We don’t want to hide our heads in the sand like ostriches, but we can also work to find solutions to problems rather than simply criticizing others.
Georgetown and Andrews held municipal elections in November. In each case, only about 25 percent of the registered voters took the time to go to the polls and cast their ballots.
Andrews has a special election in just a few days for a vacant seat on Town Council.
There’s a Republican Presidential Primary in mid-January.
Then, in June there will be primaries for local and state offices, and in November all sorts of elections including one for president.
Get informed, get registered, vote, be involved and help find solutions.
Georgetown County will be the better for it.
And along the way, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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