The Day After

It seems inevitable that the “Day After” the Presidential election is decided, a huge number of people will wake up feeling incredibly disappointed. 

Naturally, the reason for this disappointment is that no matter who wins, so many people will passionately wish that the President-Elect is the guy who didn’t win.    

And there is no doubt that who gets elected is a big deal, a huge deal.  The President’s choices so meaningfully the lives of so many—not just here in the United States but worldwide.

So if the guy we want to win doesn’t win, then sadness and concern is certainly understandable.  And if the guy we want to win does win, then happiness and celebration is as well understandable.  

But without losing sight as noted above about the power of our President (and other elected officials for that matter), my view is that to be overly excited or sad at the election result is to give away too much of our power to our politicians.  

If we think that the result of the election is so wonderful or so terrible, then do we not lose sight of our own individual power, our power as “We the People”, and our power in partnership with Creator (if that is our belief system) to create the country and world we want?  And if we lose sight of our own power, then do we even run the risk of letting ourselves off the hook for what each of us is supposed to do to help make things better?

Indeed, whoever is elected President, won’t the world be as complicated and challenging the “Day After” as it was the day before.   

So I think it would be awesome if on the “Day After”, each and every one of us makes a special effort to spend some time doing what we do best, what we most enjoy, and/or be who we are when we step most fully into our power.  This means that for those of us who are writers, I hope that we will write.  For those of us who are comedians, I hope that we will be funny.  For those of us who are athletes, I hope that we will play sports.  For those of us who are activists, I hope that we will march for some cause dear to our hearts.  

And for those of us who are parents, spouses, sons, daughters, friends, lovers, etc., I hope that we will parent, spouse, son, daughter, friend, love, etc. to the fullest of our abilities and with as much passion and joy as possible.  

If we all make this choice, then regardless of who is elected, might the “Day After” be one of our finest days ever and possibly the beginning of something special?

I send my best wishes to all.