Freedom is an inside job

I’ve been hearing how some people, apparently attached to a specific political group, are worried about us losing our freedom in this country and that our current President is the next coming of Hitler. I for one believe that happy people don’t talk or worry about things like this. They have already obtained a freedom of sorts, wherein they don’t let fears and insecurities take away their happiness and have a confidence in themselves that tells them they will be all right even when things aren’t.  I’m not attached to any political groups or completely free of  fears and insecurities myself, but I can honestly say I don’t worry about too much anymore and have learned that I can be all right no matter what my current circumstances are.  I have also learned not to fear the worst and even if unwanted changes occur and things look bad, my experience has been that everything really will be all right if I believe it will. Three years from now, even if we elect a different President with a different political affiliation, things aren’t going to be a whole lot different. Something changed in this country a long time ago and has manifested into what we are seeing today, which is a greater division among people here than ever before. A division that started a long time ago, and has continued to grow through many different presidencies. I wonder what the Forefathers of this country would think about this division, as they certainly envisioned our country to be a different one than the one we live in now. What really makes me curious though, is why it seems so many people with money saved and a well paying job they appear to like, seem to be the ones worried about where our country is heading?  Maybe it’s because they think they have something to lose. I have no savings and a job that barely pays the bills, and certainly have something to lose myself. Yet I still have hope everything will eventually be all right even though it isn’t, not really for me, but for other people in the same boat, and especially those in much greater distress do to the fact that they never had the opportunities some people have. If you’re happy and I hope you are. Then be grateful for the friends and family you have, whatever money you have saved, and a job you like that pays your bills. But please also look at what the corporate millionaires and billionaires are talking about. They’re talking about the profits they’re somehow making despite the economy and how funny it is that some people think our President is the next coming of Hitler. What they’re not talking about however, is that our country is going to hell in a hand basket and that there is nothing but doom and gloom in our future. Then again neither are the middle and lower class people I know. They’re simply too busy trying to keep what they have and being as happy as they can in the job or jobs they have, despite doing more and in some cases making less and not getting much needed cost of living raises. I will admit I’m starting to worry more about one thing. That these people are beginning to lose the hope I have that everything will eventually be all right even though it’s not for them.