On the eve of the elections in the USA, I have decided to share honestly why I don’t involve myself in the big political debate.

In my adult life I have been called out at various times for not being more involved in the discussion and in the results of the political sphere, and the question has even been asked: do you care?

Yes, I care.  I care a lot, actually.  But I believe that the voting process is a personal one.  The decision is personal, and the moment I share my feelings about parties and people involved, I become part of the dissension.  And quite frankly, I think there’s enough of that to go around.  The problem with politics to me, is that it seems, by it’s very nature, to be divisive.  It is a way to separate us out.  Us with them, them with him, him against her.  Separation. By getting caught up in all of this, and even offering my voice to the masses, am I contributing to the unification of this world?  In reality, the debates, arguments, strong stances, and general hoopla leave me feeling tired, drained, and somewhat hopeless.

I am not saying that my way is right or good or better or best.  I am in fact putting it out there and hoping that people can reserve their judgement and just hear it as another perspective.  I am tired. Often just the daily things that are asked of me feel like enough and sometimes even too much.  I don’t have emotional and physical time and energy to spare, and so what little I might have, I believe I need to put into at least trying to spread light and love.  How silly, you might think. How futile even!  How will that change anything?  And to be honest, I don’t know if or when it will, or even exactly how.  Except I know this: I know that light attracts light.  That if I can find inner peace and acceptance, I am more likely to offer that to others. That when we radiate truth from the inside, when we show our “God-like” faces, we see that we are all the same.  We see that we are one.  No color, no sex, religion or social status can change that.

And so it might be the most simpleton thing to say and people may give me a tough time for it, but I stand with peace.  I stand with human rights, with human dignity, with human kindness.  I stand with every person who is doing the internal work to recognize their spirit and it’s sameness to each and every other person.  I stand with individuals who are working in their homes, families, friendships, work places, cities and towns, to build community, to dig inwards to find the love, compassion, generosity and understanding that is needed to see us all as one.

Peace, for me, is not found in political parties and heated debates, or full-blown social media wars.  Peace starts with me and spreads as I am cracked open to the truth:

We are all one and the same. Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.