It is OK to not be OK... right?
How do you just keep going?
I can almost guarantee this post today is going to chaotic, emotional, and a rollercoaster of emotions. All I can say is, enjoy the ride.
Based on the fact that I believe all humans should have equal rights regardless of race, gender, and sexual preference — I am a Liberal.
Based on the fact that I believe women should have FULL autonomy over their body (like Men do) with no exclusions — I am a Democrat.
That comes with labels, judgements, and assumptions and a huge swath of people decide whether or not they will like me or tolerate me based on their pre-conceived judgments or experiences of a Liberal and/or Democrat.
Right now, in the USA, there are many who voted for this President and are seeing what is happening and feel discomfort or confusion over supporting him and his choices. What is scary for me? Scarier than these one-off events, scarier than the choices the President is making… what is scarier?
People that are NOT comfortable with these choices BUT follow along anyways because that is how they voted and they are too embarrassed to admit to being wrong. WHO THE HELL CARES IF YOU WERE WRONG?? People make mistakes every single day. People believe what another human says and then find out they were lied to… every single day.
It is terrifying to me how many folks are blindly following this journey completely ignoring that the rights they voted to defend (ahem, the 2nd amendment) are NON-EXISTENT now. However, they voted for him so they have to be ok with that.
No you do not!!
It is ok to change your mind. IT IS OK TO CHANGE YOUR MIND!
I am not ok… and that is ok.
You are not alone if you are not ok. You are not alone if you are mentally exhausted when you wake up, filled with anxiety, compartmentalizing hourly, and being short tempered with your loved ones as you try to cope. You are not alone.
I don’t have all the answers. I don’t have the magic secret fix. What I do have is faith that if I take a step forward and keep going — that I will stay standing and if I fall — I will get back up. For now, that is enough. You WILL get back up, so keep going friends.