November 5,2024
The sun sets outside my window on perhaps the longest day of the year...Election Day 2024. Afraid to be too optimistic or too disappointed I have avoided all news reports on social media or the radio. This was amazingly easy to do, as I began my day with music, meditation and a wonderful podcast interview with Pete Buttigieg on "We Can Do Hard Things". I shared and read fun posts by friends and family, prayed in quiet moments, hugged a friend, greeted my housemates on the second and third floors (people who have taught me much about diverse and rich lifestyles different and similar to my own), stopped to speak with strangers and a new neighbor, rested, lost myself in the novel, "Measure" and made soup for a friend.
The evening will bring more music, this time at Guitar practice with Bob and a dozen other adults. Then, we'll begin the election watch at the home of friends. This day may or may not end with a resounding win for our first female president, but I pray that it will offer the hope so many have wished for.
Is hope enough to get us through if all goes awry? I hold that in my anxious heart as well. I can only end with the observation that humans are among the most resilient and creative of species, and therein lies the potential we have for the best possible future, one day at a time.
On what feels like New Years Eve, I wish us all that simplest of sentiments..."God bless us everyone."
