I recommend establishing November 9th 2016 as “National Social Reset Day”
I recommend establishing November 9th 2016 as “National Social Reset Day”
This election has created social rifts between people, colleagues, Facebook Friends who have strong views as to who should be the one to lead our country forward. Sure, we all have our opinions, identified the stakes are high, so much is on the line, and we have visions and expectations of what our individual communities will look like after the election. We may not agree with or like who becomes president, yet it is our duty as citizens to respect the office of the President of the United States.
We may not now or ever have, or ever will respect the individual, or the decisions, or the actions, but the Office of the President of the United States does deserve our continual respect. Know this is a democracy and in four years will be given a chance to again right the ship if we believe we are on the wrong path.
I was once told the secret to a great marriage is to never go to sleep angry with each other. So on November 9th, let’s reset society back to where it was before all the campaigns began. Yes we can add back the FB friends we deleted during the campaign, we can again feel free to go to lunch with colleagues we crossed off our list, and yes we can allow back that guy who keeps talking about Donald or Hillary while we are on the tee back into our foursome.
The key is that as a country, we must reset, and unite under the faith that we can agree to disagree, we can overlook the deficiencies and shortcomings of friends and family, we can again embrace diversity, and yes we can all love one another once again. We cannot allow this ugly campaign to define our character or who we are as individuals, or to redefine what freedom and liberty means to each of us.
So if you agree, then let us put aside our grievance, institute forgiving and understanding, rest on faith that whoever is our president will do the right thing (on the most part) and we can go back to being ourselves. I know this may require some mental or emotional therapy for us to get pass this, but it will be a good investment if it is necessary. Yes, the stakes are high, yes we understand, but we have been through worst and we have survived. America is great because we made it this way. We chose to be kind and respectful to each other before the campaign, so we can do it again after.
So similar to the World Series, be it rooting for the Indians or the Cubs… we had our hopes there too, it was close and went to the wire with extra innings, and we have a victor. Can we agree to whoever wins the election we can just as easy say… “It was a great game” and congratulate the winner? We know it is possible to do it again after the election, to reset our social normality, get back to our lives, and love the greatest country ever.
National Social Reset Day, November 9th, 2016
Ed Nonaca
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