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Voting And All The Days Surrounding It Before And After

A Better Choice And Place

By Shelly BartleyPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Voting And All The Days Surrounding It Before And After
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The time is etching closer and closer for the voting. The conversation fast forwards to after voting. What will everyone be doing beyond the vote? Before looking toward the after voting time, we must focus on before the voting. There are arguments spreading all over the world like wildfire. A big number of people are fighting against voting at all. The main reason some are against voting is because of the issues that are not being discussed. These issues are not even being brought in as the main topic when it comes down to all the serious matters. People are having a hard time finding someone that they feel is the right man or woman for the job.

Voting was once about picking the right person to help with the matters of the world. It was about picking the person who would make the world a better place. These days voting has become an issue of who has the most money to spend on advertising. It has also become about voting for whoever can cast the most insults toward the other. There are conversations racing out of the people's mouths that should not even be a part of voting. If someone seriously committed a very bad crime then I can understand someone not voting for that person. I can also understand why this would be brought up in a discussion. If someone is going to bring a matter like this to the table then they should have evidence to support what they are saying. Some folks are bringing matters into the voting discussion because they are angry that someone is not voting the same as them. When we are voting for a person then he or she has a duty for all the people. If the person that we pick is not for all the people it will make matters more intense than what they already are.

There is more than one war going on in our backyards these days. The question we should ask is why are all the wars not being discussed? It is the year 2020 and people are still fighting for the right for everyone's ear to hear them. This is not a world that should be today. If the discussion is the days after the votes then the discussion should also be about the days before the vote. The days in-between will be the days that really shine through. As we close in on the day to choose, the world falls deeper into the anger-filled days screaming for the rest of the world to wake up. These people, who are human beings just like the rest of us. The stories are there in front of everyone's face. It is a matter of if everyone is going to choose to see what is in front of their eyes. These days some have gotten to the choice of not voting for anyone. The reason behind not voting is in part because the people who get placed at the head of this so-called game are not always the right ones. Some of the people running are more concerned with putting each other down instead of focusing on the issues at hand.

Now to take the topic back to the after days of the voting is something I am now doing. What am I going to do beyond my vote? I plan to pass on encouragement. The encouragement that I plan to pass on is to listen. If we listen then, we will have a choice to make. The choice that we make at this point will say a lot about whom we are and the world that we want to live in. My encouragement will be for people to really look for the right candidate before the next vote. The road ahead of us after the vote try spending time to find the right person to help us to make the world better. At the moment our world is split apart with anger. If I can offer encouragement for the right decisions then I believe everyone can. Everyone needs to come together to reach a unified decision that will help the people and the world that all live in.

Our world along with our people is crying out for help. Will anyone stand up to help? Are we going to watch as the world comes apart? If the world can not agree on anything then what will be left behind for the next generation? Will there be a next-generation if we do not step up to fight for our home and people? I am asking every single person to vote. If something does not feel right then do not allow someone else to force your decision. I am asking every person to do their part to help our generation and the generations that are to come after us. I hope that we can all set a good example for them to follow. Let us fight to restore the beauty to our world that was once here. Let us fight to bring a better more peaceful world for us all to live in.

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About the Creator

Shelly Bartley

From a very young age, I have always written anything from poetry to books. Enjoy painting and other arts. Have written a few songs and short stories to.

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