If you’re like me, you spend your free time doing anything
other than checking social media these days – which is why I can typically be
found in the attached garage to my apartment working on recording
some music (thankfully it’s a private garage so no one has to deal with my loud
voice).
It’s funny – I walk around my apartment complex every night
(at least until that beautiful Ohio winter starts showing it’s ugly face) and if
you didn’t know any better, you wouldn’t even realize there was something so
tense and controversial going on. I’ll frequently stop and talk to my neighbors
out walking their dogs, relaxing on their personal patios or otherwise enjoying
the beautiful fall scenery around the neighborhood (and yes – I call it a
neighborhood – it’s the friendliest apartment community I’ve ever been a part
of), and whether it’s thanks to societal norms or plain and simple good
manners, there’s no negativity in our conversations. There’s no mention of
who’s voting for person X or Y, no exclamations about the latest scandal or
newest tidbit released about the election. It’s just a couple of human beings,
enjoying the simpler things in life, together… and at the end of the day, isn’t
that what we all want: to enjoy life?
This election has done a great job telling us how our
candidates are different from each other, but they don’t tell us the
similarities. At the end of the day, no matter who you’re voting for, I think
it’s safe to say we all want to be happy, safe and free. When we work together,
no matter who the president becomes, we can achieve that. We’ve proved it time
and again as a nation, and we’ll prove it again today. So go, exercise your
freedom as an American and vote, but remember – we’re all in this together,
regardless of whose name we check at the ballot box.
-Written by Justin H., musician and Redwood resident.
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