With each new president, the country ticks a bit differently, because typically each administration has their own way of doing things.

The Trump administration is definitely stirring things up, and as someone who loves this country, I do not want him to fail.

I felt the same with President Barack Obama. Once a candidate is elected, it would be prudent to see our President succeed.

I guess in some way, I figure if the President does a good job, it could trickle down on me.

That being said, there were times I certainly didn’t see eye to eye with Obama, and for me it has been unfathomable to see eye to eye with Trump.

I have yet to become a maniacal voice, like so many of those protesting, and the only reason why is because I am holding out hope that there is some method to his madness.

The divisiveness the country is going through is disheartening, and although we have been here before many times, this is the first time I am seeing it as an adult.

The quandary of what we will do is the question on the minds of many I am sure, but no doubt, we will find a peaceable solution rather than having more than half a million die like in the War Between the States.

In R.J. Rummel’s book “Understanding Conflict and War: War, Power, Peace,” he writes that peace comes from the balance of many forces, and change in any of these forces, which could include trend, movement or policy, may at one time make for war. However, he continues by saying, “but under other conditions, a similar change may make for peace.”

That is so thought provoking to me.

Where a policy may have worked in the past or in a particular situation, and the outcome was successful, in a different time or place, it could wind up as a detrimental misstep.

As a parent, I have found this to be true.

There is a 15-year age span between my oldest and youngest child, and I can attest to having to adjust my parenting skills to match each child along with adhering to the evolution of technology and current styles and trends, in addition to me changing as I grew older.

Finding what worked for each was not always easy, though, and there were plenty of times I did the wrong thing. Nonetheless, the ultimate goal was always the same, to raise my children into good and productive people.

I think the same holds true with the country.

The president of the U.S.’s main objective is to protect the country.

How each one goes about trying to accomplish this goal will always be up to the one who is in office, and sometimes that means discourse may ensue.

However, now that the applecart has been turned over, maybe there could be a chance they will fit better when put back in — that is if they are not too bruised.