A Week To Go

Next week the elections are over. The votes will be counted, and winners declared. With so many mail-in ballots, the count will take more time. At least a week is forecast. It could be much longer. However, the vote tallies must be certified by election authorities during the first week or so of December. By then we should know the results of most if not all races.

Whether candidates, political parties or citizens will accept the results is a well-known question these days. In my 77-year life I have never encountered an election where results may not be accepted. The legal procedures to handle this eventuality have not been used so precedent has no guide here.

I have faith that the electorate will abide by the results. Incumbents voted out of office will leave at the appointed time voluntarily. No one will stubbornly remain locked in his/her office. The passing of authority will take place peacefully as it always has.

This is America and we abide by the law. So do the candidates. Winners or losers, will do the right thing.

Time marches on for all of us. So do voter edicts. At least we can look forward to quiet on the political ad front! A blessing it will be.

Whatever the results, the American people will go on with their lives. As we have seen in the past four years, good people continue to do good things. Those in need receive what they need. Broken things are repaired. New ideas are tried out and improved, then used. Snow is shoveled and cleaned away. Holiday decorations appear on time. Laughter erupts among friends and family members. Good food is cooked and shared for all to enjoy. Joy and happiness follow. That is up to us, not an elected official.

And just because someone says something is so doesn’t make it so. Fact and proof remain required.

We are masters of our own universe regardless of current fad or edict. Always it has been, always it will be.

Smile and greet each day as though it were your last. Enjoy the day. And be glad in it.

October 28, 2020