A Return to the Soapbox…

I’ve seen a lot of posts on Facebook and other places exclaiming great hope or misery concerning the little election we had yesterday and the outcome. Sitting at the Dolly Parton concert I had what one might call an epiphany – that is if you can have such at thing at a Dolly Parton concert (if not call it a moment of clarity).

More or less – one person isn’t going to make your life miserable (or great) unless you let them. If the past eight, ten, sixteen or more years have been good to you – the next four will be too. If the last eight, ten, whatever weren’t good to you – these won’t be either. The President is just another man and at the end of the day he can take your money, take your benefits, even your job but if he takes away your happiness and your sense of humor – you let him. Tough times are here and likely to stay here for a bit. How we move them forward is on us. My freedom and happiness isn’t tied to Obama, McCain, Clinton or even Bush.

I know when I get on the Soapbox I tend to urge people to take personal responsibility and this time is no different. Control your future because if you don’t – someone else will. If you’ve been miserable the past eight years or are expecting to be the next four something tells me your future is already being controlled.

A note to the winners of the earlier referenced election – as EdG pointed out this was an election not a lottery. This means winning isn’t the end – only the beginning. And as the great American and Southern writer Lewis Grizzard penned – being President is like being sentenced to four years of wearing underwear that is too tight (loosely quoted). For some reason that doesn’t sound like fun. Good luck to the winners hope you realize that winning was the easy part. Now everyone – get back to work.

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