Disgraceful Discourse Ours to Correct
Without grace, our public discourse will continue to suffer.
“Grace,” according to Dictionary.com, has more than one meaning, but all of them are powerful.
Grace is “a pleasing or attractive quality,” as well as "favor or goodwill.”
In a religious sense, grace is “a virtue or excellence of divine origin” - a gift from God to help us be more charitable and gracious toward our fellow man. It’s also a prayer of thanks recited before meals.
In a general sense, grace is “elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.”
And when we are most lucky, our beloved friends and family members grace us with their presence.
Grace is a beautiful and necessary component of everyday life. Without it, our world cannot function.
And grace is horribly lacking in our public discourse.
Too many political leaders, beginning with our president and including too many others holding high positions in the federal government, are being the polar opposite of graceful.
Dictionary.com lists some antonyms of grace. They include ugliness, animosity, enmity, harshness and disfavor.
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