Election Day Thoughts

 "Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.: - Jerry Garcia

It’s a big week in the United States.

I know it’s very easy to take this for granted, but there are people around the world who would give up everything to have the opportunity to choose the direction of their country.

Use your power.

My challenge for you. I want you to remember that even though people might disagree with you, they are not your enemy.

You might disagree with someone about the debt, taxes, immigration — you name it.

But that does not mean you have to give up your humanity and be nasty to them.

It doesn’t mean they’re a communist or a Nazi.

It just means you have a different vision of policy.

I know that some of the people at the top have given all of us a bad example of how to treat our fellow men and women, but this week, my challenge to you is to stay out of the mud.

There will be enough nastiness no matter what happens.

I want you to rise above it. You can do it. We can do it.

If you need inspiration, just look at the letter President George H.W. Bush, wrote to President Clinton after he lost the 1992 election to him:

That grace has always inspired me, and I hope this week, it inspires you to show the same grace to the people you don’t agree with politically.

We can choose to be better.

We all have that power, no matter what some of our role models and the owners of social media sites and the media want us to think.  Use your power to what makes you happy without putting down others, that is what makes this country great.  Fuck social media, most of it is fake anyways.