This is not about politics... I promise. ;)

So here we go!

In the lead up to the Scottish Referendum happening on the 18th of September, walking through the streets of Glasgow is an exciting experience filled with flag waving, song singing and large quantities of little blue buttons!

But as exciting as it is, and easy as it may be to get caught up in the political hype,
I think we need to remember a few things.

Note: This blog entry is not about the vote.
I have no intentions of swaying any of my friends one way or another on this particular issue, nor am I yet entirely sure how I shall be voting myself, but there is one thing I believe very strongly when it comes to the Scottish Referendum:

We're all in this together.

Something is going to happen.
The outcome of the impending vote will be one of two things,
It will be yes,
or it will be no.

Considering how divided the nation appears to be on this issue, no matter which way the voting goes, there are going to be an awful lot of people who don't get what they want and at the same time, alot of people who do.

But here's the thing,
We're all in this together.

No matter which way things go, the outcome of this vote is going to reflect a choice that we have made. Regardless of what that is, every single person voting in the referendum will have ticked a box which THEY believed would benefit their country.

And here is where we all stop wanting something different,
and we all start wanting the same.

We want to be happy.

We want Scotland to be happy,
and prosperous,
and safe.
So when the dust settles, this is what I hope lingers in the air.

Not anger,
or hate,
or disappointment,

But the knowledge that a truly great country cannot be defined by the box it ticks on a piece of paper, but by the efforts of its people to come back together and create the society they want.
A society whose happiness is not dependent on politics.
Because it isn't.
It depends on us.

Like I said, this blog isn't about the vote.
It's about us,
because when it comes to the future of this country,
we are so very, very important.

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