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How You Feel is Valid
It’s okay to not be okay.
For a lot of people, today feels pretty awful. In the United States, the Senate has once again shown their contempt for the American people they’re supposed to represent. Four years ago, they refused to hold hearings for a Supreme Court nominee in deference to the election results. This time, they couldn’t rush a nominee through fast enough.
This is disheartening on a lot of different levels. The people who are supposed to be the guardians of the democracy have made it abundantly clear they couldn’t care less. They get their way, pass their limited, largely minority agenda — fuck the rest of us.
If you are not distressed by how the government is currently working — you’re not paying attention.
Certain people will tell you to suck it up. Sore winners, frankly, are a lot worse than sore losers. This feels like shit.
Hopelessness. Feeling bleak. Distressed. Angry. Sad. Pick a negative emotion — lots and lots of people share in that right now.
How you feel is valid. What’s more, it is utterly and completely okay to not be okay.
It’s okay to take a step back, feel those negative feelings today, and not be okay. Talk about it. Let’s share that we’re distraught. Together we are far, far stronger than we are apart. When we are together in this — we are not alone.
But then — let’s turn this thing around.
The impetus for change
If you have not already done so — vote. Unless you are complicit in this corrupting of the democratic process and are okay with an administration and its party showing no empathy for the people they supposedly represent — vote. Mail-in your ballot ASAP. Or vote early. Or vote on November 3rd.
Your vote counts. Now more than ever. I believe — maybe too optimistically — that the majority are NOT okay with this administration, nor its party.
The more votes in favor of Biden and other Democrats running for office (or third parties at local levels) the more opportunity to start fixing the damage. No, Biden is not the ideal candidate. But let’s be blunt — that person doesn’t exist. But in a time of crisis such as this, Biden is the best…
