Vote!

I voted yesterday, yes, I entrusted my ballot to the USPS! However, I was sure to send it in plenty early: as soon as it arrived at my house.

Vote vote vote! Vote like the future depends on it, because it does! I am experiencing a steady level of anxiety about the election this year, and I am trying to avoid the news. I try my hardest to use my own mind, think things through for myself and vote my conscience, as should we all. I worry about the more extreme factions in this country, and how they will react to whatever the outcome is. Honestly, 2020 is just so STRESSFUL! I wish everyone would all take a deep breath. I think everyone could use a bit more oxygen. Sometimes I wish I just didn’t care about politics, like I used to, but I care almost too much now, it affects my mood and state of well-being. I want the voiceless and downtrodden to have a voice. I want justice for those seeking justice, Peace for those seeking peace, love to be the rule, and kindness to be the first inclination for all to act from. Maybe someone would say, Mary, take off those rosy-colored glasses, but if I can’t hope, can’t believe in basic goodness and fairness, I will surely tumble back into dark depression. Sometimes the darkness does reach out to me. Then someone does me or someone else a kindness, and I know that there’s hope. As Arlo Guthrie once said, “You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.”

Anyhow, Please vote!