OUR DESTINY IS SECURE...

For 18 long months, We The People have had front row seats to a historically low base election for the highest office in the country. A slug-fest between two of the worst suited presidential candidates to ever run the race: Captain Deplorable (running mostly against himself) and Teflon Hillary (running from the law).

Though divided in our choices, at least we were united in our disgust.

Moral ground was seceded on both sides, leaving us covered in a stench of CrotchGrabbing-SmallHanded-EmailDeleting-WeinerTweeting-ComeyWaffling-SpiritCooking nastiness.

Yep, it was all fun and games until one of them got elected.

In the wee hours of the morning, the TrumpPence sounded and the Blue Wall came a' tumblin' down.  (See what I did there??)

The new Commander in Cheetos rose from the ashes like a strange-haired phoenix.

And then the sun came up.

Half of America woke up on the wrong side of the vote... pissed off, scared and disgusted.  The other half ate their Wheaties with a spoonful of cautious victory, validation and hope.

While not surprised by the division, I am taken aback by the ferocity of the vitriol shooting back and forth across party lines... proving once again that social media and politics are seldom a good mix.

Apparently, this is what democracy looks like in 2016: the collective loss of our respect for our brothers and sisters.

I think we all need a hug.

And maybe a long, hot shower.

Then, we need to take a deep breath and calm the crap down.

I'm pretty sure if we look hard enough, we can find some common ground among the shrapnel.

How about the fact that Miley Cyrus is moving to Canada. I mean, that's a movement we can all get behind, amiright?

Douglas Adams said it best:  "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

Any illusions we had about the depth of corruption in our government and their collusion with our media have been shot to smithereens.

And that's not necessarily a bad thing.  All partisanship aside, the nuts were running the nuthouse, y'all.

I'm not sure how we fix it... trying to shake sense into a 227-year old bastion of bull hockey is like giving Betty White a boob job.  Possibly too little, too late.

Whether we like it or not, we're all in this together.

So let us mind our matters.  Let us lead with tolerance.

In a world where truth is based on opinion, let our default emotion be respect.

Remember... you are not defined by your president.

When you spew words like ignorant, bigot, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, white supremacist, warmonger... you are perpetuating the very hate you condemn in others.

The country belongs to ALL of us.  EACH of us.  You cannot make someone else into YOUR image of an American.

What you can do is stop posting about it and try praying about it.  Pray that Jesus will go before us and make the crooked places straight.  Believe that He will.

Because our destiny is secure...

And everything will be okay in the end.