I Just Want to Sleep

Perspective. It's an interesting concept and an important word following the election. There is a lot of negativity surrounding the election (what a shock, am I right?). After Trump won, a lot of people turned to anger (understandable; people are scared) and calling everyone who voted for him an *insert expletive here*, *insert insult here*. I have tried to be a better person (the struggle is real) and I don't think that people inherently terrible. Yes, people suck a lot of the time, but there's typically a rationale behind their actions. Along these lines, I saw something on Michael Moore's Facebook following Tuesday night that I thought was fairly interesting. "Everyone must stop saying they are "stunned" and "shocked". What you mean to say is that you were in a bubble and weren't paying attention to your fellow Americans and their despair. YEARS of being neglected by both parties, the anger and the need for revenge against the system only grew. Along came a TV star they liked whose plan was to destroy both parties and tell them all "You're fired!" Trump's victory is no surprise. He was never a joke. Treating him as one only strengthened him. He is both a creature and a creation of the media and the media will never own that." I have never seen Trump's popularity like Michael described it. He put rationale behind Trump and now I understand it. I am not a fan of Trump (or Hillary, for that matter). I am one of those *terrible, despicable, horrible* people that voted third party (I don't regret it; only having two options is ridiculous. Why do we operate primarily bipartisan? WHY??). I do, however, somewhat understand the appeal to Trump, but usually once I feel myself really understanding, I find myself getting confused again. UGH. I could probably right a page of grammatically incorrect run-ons on this topic, but I'll leave it with this: Trump is President Elect. He is. I am not going to hope he fails. I am going to hope and pray he cares for the American people. All of them. I pray that he protects people he agrees with and those he doesn't. I pray he does the best to his ability and strives to do the best for America because if he fails, we fail. P.S. If you disagree with people, be kind. Anger and anger don't satiate a solution. Most of the time, people want to be heard, so listen.