Catch Up

Well, it’s been a crazy week or so. So much for 2021 being better than 2020! First off, Happy New Year to everyone. I’m sorry I couldn’t really be there with you all for it. Even though our democracy teeters even closer to anarchy and tyranny, it will all be okay. These are the last gasps of a bunch of desperate creeps. The better thing to concentrate on is the fact that we won the two Senate seats in Georgia. Who really thought that would happen?
I was saying all kinds of optimistic things right after the general election about how nothing is over and we could still win the Senate. I said to have faith in people’s better nature. I said a lot of stuff, but in my heart I didn’t really think we had a very good shot at it. The thing I learned about hope and faith and positivity though is that sometimes you have to believe, even if it seems hopeless. That’s when your faith gets tested. If worse comes to worse, just fake it til you make it! What’s the worst that can happen, you get disappointed? Disappointment is pretty much a constant companion these days, so what’s a little bit more? Or maybe you’ll be wrong and look like a fool. Again, I am not afraid to look like a fool, that much should be painfully obvious.
And believe me, I have no crazy notions that me being positive affected the outcome one little bit. Besides Stacey Abrams, who I’m in love with btw, Trump and the GOP took care of that for us. Shitty behavior almost always comes back to bite you in the ass eventually, so karma is usually waiting around the corner.
The point is, you can choose what reality you want to live in. Trump and his supporters do it everyday. I choose to live in a reality where I have hope, and my head is filled with positive visions of the future rather than doomsday predictions. It’s all about control anyway. We are afraid to hope, because we think that we will jinx ourselves. We are afraid to believe in a better outcome because we feel we will somehow be punished for it. I just choose a different way to try to control the outcome of things that I have no control over, and it has the same effect as being despondent, but I’m happier while I do it.
So don’t be afraid to hope. Better things are coming. January 20th will be a huge upgrade all in itself. One of the first things the democrats will do is pass the voter act that’s been sitting on McConnell’s desk for years. It will put an end to much of the gerrymandering and voter suppression, and the GOP may never win another race.
I’m not saying that everything will magically be better overnight. Bad shit is still going to happen, and a lot of the horrible people Trump has inspired aren’t going away soon, but now we will have an administration and a justice department that will punish them rather than coddle them. The GOP is a mess, and eating their own. There is a vaccine, and while we still have to endure a few more months of misery, there’s a light on the horizon. There will be pain and heartache and loss, but there will be joy and laughter and kindness. There will be achievements and there will progress. There will be love.
Always.