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2016 Election, Donald Trump, election results, Hillary Clinton, just believe it, miracles do happen, The future of America, tragedies and miracles
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson
I fought for my vote yesterday. I had not changed my address since I last moved, but I knew that I would still be able to vote as I had moved within in the same county. I printed the law reference and description and brought it with me. It came in handy as I was originally turned away. I had to point out the law and explain it (scary to see the misinformation of the people working there ). I was finally allowed to vote via affidavit. I wanted to make my voice heard and not sit idly by.
I felt proud to do my part. My vote for Hilary was not really a vote for Hillary but a vote against Trump. I never cared for Hillary but I felt I had no choice. I could never support a loose cannon, a power hungry, egomaniac bully that thinks he has all the answers and is better than everyone else.
When the election results started coming in my mood started growing somber. I decided to just to go to bed. I had a doomed feeling in the pit of my stomach. I was hoping for the best but deep down inside I knew things were not going to go as I had hoped.
“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” – Ronald Reagan
I woke up at 4am (I have been waking up at 4 since I returned from Brazil) and I had texts from the musician (my date from a previous post) pronouncing his dismay. I tried to go back to sleep immediately in the hopes that this was just a bad dream.
I couldn’t. I couldn’t stop my mind from thinking, from fearing, from predicting doom. I couldn’t get the sadness out of my heart.
I am stunned! What happened? How can a bully win as the president of the USA? What will be the future of the land of opportunity? How can I still be a proud American?
I hate to compare it but I feel like I felt when Brazil lost 1-7 to Germany at the World Cup. This feels upside-down, absolutely wrong! It is incomprehensible! There is no world order! While that was just a game that tucked at my heart strings; this is the future of a country, and I dare say the world, something not to joke about it.
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” – john F. Kennedy
I am always so positive and can find a silver lining in anything and here I am, empty, grasping at straws!
I want to believe that out of great tragedies there will come great miracles. Perhaps there will be more unification against the fear of separation. Perhaps there will be more love against the fear of rampant hate.
I hope, I believe, I pray!
Can a bully grow a heart?
Can the power hungry be fair?
Can an egomaniac think of others before himself?
Can the proud find humility in his heart?
Can he see and treat woman as equals?
Can he learn to listen to advice?
Can he respect opinions?
Can he be a good neighbor?
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” -George Washington
Some times when I am watching a movie and at the end, well, there is no ending, I just sit there refusing to leave, dumbfounded that I was forced to sit through 2 hours and get no ending. This is how I feel. I don’t want to get up and accept that this is it! I want an ending. I want a happy ending.
The US is starting to look like Brazil and I don’t mean the good stuff, warm hearts, friendly people, party atmosphere. I mean the upside politics, the powerlessness feeling of people, the doom and gloom of an uncertain future!
It is humbling and depressing! A time to reevaluate, to act, to do!
May we unite and not divide! We have a new president and may he be blessed with wisdom! May his be a government of fairness, justice, equality, progress, unification, love and respect!
Miracles do happen! Lets believe together! Peace First, Peace Always!
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt
images from Google images
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 
Yes, we are still the US and should be proud of it. Trump’s acceptance speech was exceptional and I remain very optimistic that he will have a good Presidency. Check out BarbTaub’s blog for today = a perfect sentiment.
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I am accepting it and hoping for the best, although with a heavy heart! I loved the blog suggestion! We can disagree as people and still move on and work (and drink) together! Thank you and many blessings!
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I still believe in the goodness of people – especially here in the US, where we are generally generous and caring, Think of a glass half full! And I thank God every day I live in this country.
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Indeed, there are still so many reasons to feel blessed and grateful to live in the USA. We cannot lose sight of that!
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I’m overwhelmed with shock and fear as well, not only because he (I can’t even state his name) won, but because the House and Senate are now controlled by his party. This should make it easier for him to get his bills passed. He appealed to the people who want change and the promises he made to his supporters are frightening. This is one time I hope a president breaks his promises.
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HI Gail. Great point! I was thinking the same thing, I hope he goes against everything he was promising, no, threatening to do, otherwise is just too scary to face it! And the control of the House and Senate makes this whole thing an even bigger nightmare. I am hoping that we are able to unite and agree on somethings for the best of the nation/world! Thank you and blessings! 🙂
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I am in agreement. We’re all in this together. I agonized till the last minute over who to vote for–lesser of two not perfect choices.
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Indeed it was a hard choice for some. For me it was always a matter of voting against Trump. I am a New Yorker and his hunger for power to too evident and scary. I wish some other businessman had stepped up. Now let’s unite in peace and fight for the same cause: a better future! Thank you for commenting and many blessings! 🙂
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I don’t think that the country wanted Trump as much as it repudiated the elitism of the ruling class that Clinton embodied. Change is good, and I don’t think that the monster that the DNC had painted is who Trump really is. Time will tell.
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Indeed time will tell. And I am ever so hopeful that I am wrong about him and his hunger for power and control. Changes are always difficult and I, like you, want to believe that is always for the best. Thank you and many blessings to you! 🙂
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I think we all want a miracle and need to be positive, probably it will all work out. The whole world is affected here….
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Hi Ute. Indeed “miracle” is what I have been praying for. I have the firm believe that everything happens for a reason and I have to hold on to that at this moment and believe, as you say, “that all will work out”. The opposite is just too scary. I hope you are doing well and wishing you a blessed weekend! 🙂
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Don’t let you be sized down like this, America… you are stronger, show it by staying upright and continuing to confront each day the way you did until today. Giving up because a lunatic got some help from “up above” is the way loser’s act. Don’t let anyone chop your wings… We all are strong, don’t we? All over the planet, we have to fight against big idiots telling foolishnesses and nonsense… but we are a multitude, don’t forget that… and say it to your kids as well. Your kids, mine, they are our future… they are the generation which will save our Planet. Be positive, don’t let you put down on your knees.
https://claudinegiovannoni.com/about/siamo-una-moltitudine-inarrestabile/
Don’t forget the words of P. Hawken
Serenity :-)claudine ( well, I am swiss and I live in a free country but I am very much concerned about USA since they play a great global role…)
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Hi Claudine, Thank you so much for your message of support. I am originally from Brazil and I know how some of the world look to the US for leadership and vision. This is definitely not the message that I want the rest of the world to be hearing/seeing. Messages of division, hate and inequality are not to be tolerated, much less heralded to higher positions. But we are are stuck now and are left to do the best we can with what we got, and we will!! We will overcome! Wishing you a blessed weekend! 🙂
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Thank you for your ending words. This was becoming a difficult post to “like”. I hope you will take a moment and read my post from yesterday (my current one). I have a different side to this election. My heart is with you, but I am happy for the outcome.
I do agree, though, we need (as President, Sec. Hillary, and Mr. Trump all stated) to pull together, work together, and be a great nation once again.
Scott
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Really Scott? You were not going to not like my post because I was expressing my opinion?
I am an immigrant woman living in New York. I would never vote for Trump knowing what I know about him here in NY, well and by his owns actions and words that he so proudly displays.
This is still a great nation that is going through hard times. I understand the frustration. My business has been suffering non-stop since 2008. The Dodd-Frank Act makes it almost impossible for little business like mine to survive. Yet Trump’s radical ideas are not the answer.
I know what is like to be treated differently because of who I am and where I come from. His hate and separatist message scares me. His treatment of women and minorities is abhorrent. How can I condone and support that?
If Trump was a president when I arrived in this country I would be one of those people that he talks about deporting. I would have not been given a chance. I worked hard, I took advantage of all the opportunities afforded me. I never depended on the government for anything. Today I pay more taxes than ALL of American friends and most people I know. I am grateful for the US!
I fear for all the minorities that are being blamed for all that is going wrong with this country. This diversification, this melting pot is what makes the US a power house. This is what this beautiful land is all about.
What scares me most about him is his love of Power above all else. There are plenty of examples in history of the evil that has been accomplished for the love of power.
I have been told by people I know (that voted for Trump) that, as a small business owner in NY, I should be happy Trump has won, that it will be good for business. I should be happy that my business will (perhaps) prosper while all around me everything falls apart? Money was never and will never be the answer. Love is! I will live and die by my heart and by what I think is right.
With that being said I will do my part to support the US, no matter who the president is. I will support Trump the moment I see what his actions are, so far I am not impressed by his words and plans.
I respectably disagree with you and all others that voted for him. I respect your reasons. I am able to disagree and move on.
I hope that he realizes that with this great power comes great duties and responsibilities. I hope this title doesn’t make him think he is invincible and the owner of the world. I pray God bestows upon him moderation and balance in his words and actions.
I hope all that evil was just election marketing and now that he has the title he will be able to listen to reason.
I wish him wisdom for the sake of us all! I wish and pray that great miracles will come out of this moment!
I am still sad. I am still shocked!
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Oh, I am sorry. I did not mean to imply anything. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, even me, especially you. We have been online friends too long for an election to rip anything apart. I know you didn’t say that, but it hurt like that. I stated things rather harshly at points to some. I tried to just be upbeat and, apparently, slipped rather hard. But, as for deporting you, I truly understand that Mr. Trumps position has been only to deport those committing crimes as comes with illegal immigration. Don’t want to argue with you. You are much too special to me for that. I see your reply and humbly ask for compassion from a dear friend. You are totally correct. We can easily just agree to disagree. He was not my perfect choice for a candidate, but we have him and I am in deep hope that he will provide us a good answer to what ails us. I did pray, rather fervently, at times, that God allow the candidate we NEED to be put in place. I will hold onto those prayers.
Again, I am sorry.
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Hi Scott,
I accept your apology. We will never see eye to eye regarding Trump, but it would be another tragedy to let that ruin this friendship.
We are friends that disagree some times, moving on now…
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Love you, Dear!
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Can’t see emojis for some reason. I will assume a smiley face.
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Always smiling or winking! Wishing you a blessed weekend!
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I was impressed by this post. It was articulate and heartfelt. Many people could have presented conservative or pro-business platforms and while I would have disagreed with them philosophically I would not have had issue with them as messengers. The problem with Trump is that he has shown himself to be crude, rude, hateful and ignorant. I could never accept him, regardless of his message. To have elected someone like this to the Presidency has shocked the entire world, because it says that America does not practice what it preaches. We claim to value decency, honesty, fairness and inclusiveness. We clearly do not. There is no going from here to thinking about how small businesses might be assisted … that’s just bizarre. It’s like examining a train wreck and saying, ‘Oh, look, these boxes can still be used.’ We have elevated a wicked man to the highest office in the Republic and the Republic will, I fear, pay a high price
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Hi, Thank you for your comment and I have to say that I could not agree with you more!!! Well said! As hours go by the idea of him as a president is not getting any easier. I keep getting more dumbfounded as to how we, as a nation, let this happen. In the beginning it was comical that he was trying to run, and somewhere along the way the joke was on us. Changes are needed. Being the eternal hopeful that I am I still want to believe in a good outcome despite this major collapse. Wishing you a blessed weekend! 🙂
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glad you voiced something to reality. only nixon could go to china as the dumb star trek quote goes which is to mean trump can cause social good… or more strongly bring social change because of his actions rather than the champions for the cause.
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I am glad that I have met another person wise enough to know that this election was far from normal, and that the results could be troubling to say the least, and with revelations coming out, I wonder do any of his supporters feel any remorse. Probably not, they are blind to his flaws and act. He will not change, especially now.People like him feed on this, so his ego will only intensify. I have family and friends that voted for him. It caused a lot of strain. I lost my respect for them. I really did Nothing is the same between us, because I can not see how they could listen to the hate that he has spoken. It makes me feel like they feel it to. I know deep down they do. They can make excuses and pretend they are good Christians, but they are not. This person does not know humility,he has no integrity, or class. He thinks he is better than everyone else, and that ego has been fed for years. Had he not been born rich, he would have been a miserable unsuccessful drunk.I can not with a clear conscience accept him, and my relationships with his supporters will never be the same. They let me down, yet they don’t understand how I have come to feel the way I have. I also wasn’t the biggest supporter of Hillary. I used to be more so, but I was for Bernie. I did feel bad for her though. I feel worse for US.
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I couldn’t agree more with everything you said!! I too know supporters and cannot see them in the same light but I respect their opinion. It is a sad day today (Inauguration) but I have to remain hopeful that all this means change and all change is for good even if there are some uncertain moments. I am keeping the faith, being watchful, and hoping for the best…the entire world is!! May the new president be blessed with wisdom and humility to do what is best for the country and not for himself!
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Very well said, I hope for the best. We all have to pull together and stand up for each other. That is a beginning. We shall see what happens under this administration. I hope it goes well for the sake of the country and the people.
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Amen!
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Amen, as well.
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FYI: The Jefferson quote is unlikely.
https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/do-you-want-know-who-you-are
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Hello, Thank you for bringing that up to my attention. I do always wander when I am reading quotes if the quote attributed to someone is really theirs. I will try to hunter the real source down. Blessings! 🙂
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