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Now is the Time
Not voting is not a choice, it is a surrender.
I am ruminating… have been for a long time. It’s gotten worse this year, but it’s been going on since the lead up to the election in 2016. “How can I make a difference? What should I be doing? Who can help change the trajectory humanity is on?…” These questions and too many others swirl around my head over and over, like a dog chasing its tail. But the answers haven’t come… until now.
I am a writer, and the written word is powerful. I was in the shower a couple of days ago, ruminating, when it hit me. I could canvas or phone bank or letter write, but my strength lies in my ability to strings words together, to transcend misunderstanding and share emotion. Two weeks remain until the citizens of my country utilize the most powerful right they have… the right to vote.
I know what would happen if each and every one of my compatriots honored that right. The United States of America, as un-united as it is in recent days, would experience a change in presidential administration come January 2021.
Some would say I cannot know that for certain… I cannot estimate the results of the votes that would be cast.
But I do know.
How?
