Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you know that Donald Trump was elected as the 45^th President of the United States. I’m not here to tell anyone who they should have voted for on Tuesday because that is in the past, and as Americans it is time for us to look to the future.

Sharing and retweeting posts isn’t going to change the fact that Trump reached 270 and Clinton conceded. The protests honestly won’t change that either. Obviously I can’t tell you not do any of these things because they are freedoms that we are entitled to as Americans – Although I’m pretty sure that the protests aren’t peaceful by any measure. However, I can ask what the point is? Okay so maybe your candidate didn’t win, but how is doing any of this going to fix that? It’s not.

At this point, we just need to look forward because we can’t change the past. We need to come together as Americans. We’re the United States for crying out loud! Emphasis on the ‘United’ part. If we just sit here and decide that Trump’s America is going to suck, it will. If we decide that Trump’s America is filled with prejudices, then it will be. If you put a label on something, that’s what it will eventually become.

I’ll be the first to admit that Trump isn’t a great person, but there are aspects of him that are respectable. Let’s hear it for the fact that he isn’t accepting the Presidential salary, so that money can be used elsewhere! This bit made me realize this week that his intentions aren't as demonic as people say they are, and I think that he really does want to make America great again.

So, let’s put aside our differences and come together. (I’m not just talking to those who are anti-Trump, but also those who supported him. This is no time to gloat.) Let’s give the man a chance to run our country and see where it takes us. It’ll be different than what we’ve been used to, but change can be good.