Day 2,753 — Reflecting on Last Year Today— with my PICTURE of more VOTING LINES in 2020

It is almost like trauma, like I have blocked most of it out. I was off from work that day, which was nice mentally; however, I was still stressed wondering how the lines were going to go and if there would be violence during the day. My wife was so worried about work she figured she might need to be prepared to be in the line half the day and work from her phone. 

It ended up being mostly uneventful as we braced ourselves around our phones, waiting for any news. I was so optimistic that people would have a change of heart in masses. How could anyone dismiss what I saw in the debates? Or the timeline for how the pandemic was handled? Yet they did. Many still do, which goes to show you how easy it is for people to be ruled by their emotions and not rational or even consistent thinking. 

It is not my job to point out these things for others. People rarely learns by you pointing out their flaws; however, I tell myself that the true sign of character is admitting that you could be wrong. And I am often wrong, and regularly remind myself about how much I have changed my mind of the years. How did I learn? It certainly was not willingly but out of a desire to understand how others think. Maybe that plus time is all it takes. I don’t know though. I could be wrong.