All jokes aside, We don't know how this country will turn out tonight. And that is the most frightening part of the 2016 Presidential Election. Scrolling through Facebook, I was ambushed by article after article on the process of moving to Canada or how to become a Canadian citizen. While I may already be a Canadian citizen, and I have made my fair share of jokes about moving back to Canada, but my roots for right now are tied here. Therefore, just jumping ship on the country I have set roots in for the past 12 years, just isn't an option.

But no matter who you are, or how you vote, your first instinct shouldn't be to run away from the country you call home. Whether you want Trump or Hillary to be our 45th President, you can't just abandon your country.

I hate to tell you, but Canada doesn't want the influx of people. They might just seem as the friendly Northerners, but Americans cannot just ambush the friendly Canadians and jump ship on their country.

No matter who our 45th President is, our civic duty is to fight for what is fair and right, not just leave when the going gets tough. In similar terms, when your life is in the dumps and you can't see anything getting better, your duty is to pull yourself back up, and not just stay down in the dumps. And that's this country. After this election, it might seem as if we are down in the dumps, but we can't just run away. We have to try to pull ourselves out of the hole we dug ourselves into.

So today, go out and vote for the person you can imagine running this country best. And with every presidency, there has been highs and lows. These following four years might have more lows than highs, but every time our country seems to be in the dumps, we just have to remember to pull ourselves out of the hole we are in. And always remember, nothing is permanent. It's just four years, and in another four years someone else can come in and become our 46th President.

And if you think about it, eight years ago when Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, people were panicking. So now eight years later, we find ourselves panicking and left with a feeling of uncertainty. But just remember, what happens after the votes are counted isn't permanent.

So vote smart, and don't forget to be hopeful for the country we live in. We already are in a better place than we were eight years ago.