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Here we are again…4 years later
Politics! Politics! Politics!
Why are we so cranky? Could it be overload? Is it that “enough” has become “more than enough?”
Is that why we’re so quick to snap at a family member or co-worker when the conversation turns to the election coming up in this next week?
Maybe it’s because:
- We’re tired?
- We’re anxious?
- We’re worried?
- We’re confused?
- We’re discouraged?
After all, for most of us it feels like there is a lot at stake with this particular election-the state of our economy, our place on the world stage, the hope of a better future for our children.
But… guess what?
The day after the election, we will wake up and everything will be exactly the same for us as it was the day before.
- We will have the same relationships,
- We will be working with the same people,
- We’ll be exposed to the same connections on Facebook and Twitter,
- and, we’ll still worry!
But why? Humorist Mark Twain said it best when he said:
I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
And, it’s hard to deny the truth of poet Robert Frost‘s words:
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
The beautiful thing about this country is that we are free to bring our personal perspectives to the political table and make a choice about what we believe is best.
And then we have the freedom and the opportunity to join together and move forward, making the best out of the way things turn out.
As coach John Wooden said,
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
What will you do to make the best of things?
- What will you do to move beyond the emotion generated by your perspective?
- What will you do to create your energy and forward motion?
- What choices do you see as available?
Please share! We all can use the ideas that each of us can generate!
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