Better Morrows

As political campaigns labor to their end in less than two weeks, we look forward to days, weeks and months of blessed peace from nasty ads. We look forward to the certainty of change that is kind and measurable. And manageable.

The morrows will come. I think they will be better than the nows.

We will encounter the ideas that refresh our food, our computer systems, the news, the technology that allows us to work from home. We look to the morrows for less commuting and more thinking, more relaxing time.

We know morrows will have family time, reading time, unhurried chore time. Our homes will be more present and enjoyable. We have the time to experience home and those that share it.

We will read and ponder new ideas. We will meet new people over Zoom or the many competing services. Our focus on people will heighten and we will be more for them as they will be for us.

Anxiety of uncertainty will abate, at least as much as has been caused by political turmoil. Now we can work toward defeating the COVID-19 virus and restoring our lives and futures to something more permanent. Old jobs may be gone, but technology has shown us how to adapt and create new things by which we can earn our keep.

Small business formations have soared these past 6 months. That’s measured by the EIN#’s applied for with the IRS. EIN’s are employer identification numbers and replace personal social security numbers of the business owner. This keeps business revenues separate from personal income and simplifies paying taxes. It also helps determine how financially viable the new business is.

Self-employment is the center point of job growth in America. Tapping into that creative energy, Americans have figured out what the economy needs in products and services appropriate to the times. COVID gave us all time to think and understand our circumstances. We see the future and the pathway toward it.

So, tomorrow is very likely to be better than today.

From anxiety to gratitude, that’s seeing the glass half full, not empty.

May your morrows be blessed and filled with purpose and joy!

October 22, 2020