So, I've been thinking about this comment a lot tonight, since I first read it. I've been trying to think about how to best respond to it, give my input. I know a few Trump supporters actually. Former co-workers, good friends. I was gonna write a profile on two of them, compare and contrast them with myself, but that's not fair to them as they can't read this and defend themselves. Don't get me wrong, they're not bad people, in fact quite the opposite, but how I view them isn't necessarily who they really are.

I will say this though, about myself and my friends who are Trump supporters. None of us are well educated, none of us make good money, all of us want more from this life and feel that a lot of those opportunities have been taken from us, sometimes by our own mistakes and sometimes by the mistakes of others. If I could pinpoint the one difference though, between them and I, I think it would be the people we allow to influence us.

Many of their friends and family are various degrees of super religious, super conservative, sometimes bigoted. Let me be clear in that I don't think that their friends and family are bad people. Just that they don't see the world the way I do and it hurts me to think that. They also get their information from people like Rush Limbaugh, sources like Fox News, and of course, the people in the friends and family that see the world in a way that I wish they didn't.

I on the other hand, have a mother who at a young age would take me to Mexican Restaurants, Japanese Grocery Stores, American Indian Folk Dances, and anything else she could think of to show me how beautiful the people of the world are and how much they deserve I love. That planted a very strong seed in me, to love not just my neighbor next door, but to be concerned about the well being of every person on earth and to live my life with giving that concern purpose.

More importantly though, is that I surround myself with good people in life, and Hubski is a great source for that. I have said it before, many times, and I will say it again. I am so fortunate to be able to interact with each and every one of you on a regular basis. You guys challenge me to think critically, to embrace the world, to be bigger, better, and more generous every day.

Every last one of us has that ability to inspire others in our lives and we need to strive to do just that. We don't all have to agree with our friends on everything, especially politics. I think it's important though, to encourage each other day in and day out to live our lives with the intent to not just be good people, but to be good to each other. Keeping that attitude in mind is what will allow us to make better decisions, both in our personal lives as well as our public lives, that benefit not just us but as many people as possible.

This is preachy and lame. I'm drunk and don't know where I'm going with this anymore. I hope you at least get what I'm trying to say. Don't be mad at your neighbors for being wrong, afraid, angry, or whatever. Love them. Help them. You need them just as much as they need you and if you're good to them they'll be good to you.