If you can get married to the person you love, pray for those who can’t.

If you have a home, pray for those who have lost theirs to greed.

If you have a job, pray for those who were considered expendable.

If you can afford healthy food, pray for those who don’t have that luxury.

If you were given help in the past, pray for those who need it now.

If you get paid an equal share, pray for those who don’t.

If you made a decision about your body today, pray for those who don’t get that freedom.

If you have a voice to defend yourself, pray for those who don’t.

If you can go to college, pray for those who can’t justify the cost.

If you are allowed to practice your religion, pray for those who are ridiculed because they don’t.

If you enjoy your freedoms, pray for those who fight for them selflessly.

On Election Day, please read this. Then go back and replace “pray” with “vote.” Please realize that your choices affect people around you. Don’t just vote for yourself. Vote with your parents, your brothers and sisters, your neighbors, and your children in mind. But most of all, vote with our future in mind. Don’t vote for the past because that would only limit our most valuable resources: our citizens.