Thursday, November 10, 2016

The Elections are Over and Everything Will Be OK

First of all, BREATHE...1...2...3. Everything will be OK. Your friends and family will be around and care for you even after several elections have occurred. Be careful what you say to them. These are the people who've loved you and may save your life one day. Do you know how hard it is to find a kidney? Christmas is also around the corner and you want as many presents as possible.

Do you realize how angry you're getting? So what if they voted for Clinton or Trump? Why are you so angry? Is it because you're viewing those individuals on the most extreme spectrum of the political party they're supporting? It's all about YOUR perception. Just because they voted for Trump doesn't mean that they are on the racist, misogynistic, ultra-religious and hateful extreme right. Most of them don't really believe that an ACTUAL WALL will be built. Just because they voted for Clinton doesn't mean that they condone lying, secretly support ISIS or on their way to making the US a Communist nation. No! Most people are actually closer to middle that you'd think. It's just those one or two issues that made them lean one way or the other.

The candidates and their political stances are like the assorted bags of Halloween candy at the store. They can't just place all the best sellers in one bag, otherwise they wouldn't be able to move the crappy candies. I really like Reese's Pieces peanut butter cups, but that bag also includes black licorice, Snickers and Milk Duds. Now the other bag has peanut M&M's, but it also has candy corn, nerds, and Kit kats. Which one do I choose? I love peanut butter cups but HATE black licorice. My second choice is M&M's but I hate candy corn. If I buy the one with the Reese's all of a sudden I'm supposed to be a black licorice lover? That's the way you're looking at your opponents, black licorice or candy corn lovers.

We are not all black licorice or candy corn. We're more M&M's and Reese's peanut butter cups.