Today in church, my pastor talked about envy and how it causes people to do and say and think horrible things. I thought about this in reference to the people out there who make my time here in office, shall we say, less than pleasant. If you lose a political race, I guess you would have a very large case of envy. Not that this justifies the horrid behavior and false accusations, but it certainly helps me to understand that this has nothing to do with me and is not going to stop because of anything I say or do.
Hmmmm. So, is it better to envy or be envied? I've decided it is better to be envied (and therefore persecuted unfairly) than to give up the opportunity to serve the good people of district 6. I will continue to fight for responsible government because that is what you sent me here to do. If I wasn't in a position to affect our state government, I would not be envied. I choose to be envied... I hope you, too, will decide to be the best you can be, do the most you can do, make the biggest impact for good you can make, and let others envy (and hate) you for it, too!
