Thursday April 26, 2012

Do you know, that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do thoughts and ideas?" 

-Margret Thatcher (First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain)

Call me nerdy, yes, but I absolutely adore men and women who profoundly change history! I love learning about leaders who defy the odds; who think differently; who cause controversy. Its amazing to me the courage it takes to lead a country. Elanor Roosevelt said, "Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you will be criticized for it anyway. You will be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." It seems leaders have to have this mindset in modern day society as well!  
Personally, politics today nauseate me. Its a group of men and women pointing fingers at one another instead of actively doing something to CHANGE society. Its absolutely juvenile, in my opinion. Maya Angelo once said, " If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." I don't mean to go on a rant today about politics. At the same time, I feel our leaders today have lost sight of there job as our representatives. On the other hand, the people have forgotten there power in the government. Instead of pointing fingers at Barack Obama, or even George Bush for our current economic crisis, perhaps we should strategize; look at history and come up with possible solutions and then fight for those solutions.
One thing I love about my generation is our boldness. We are unafraid of having controversial thoughts. I just wish we would act on those thoughts instead of being so afraid of failure; of weakness; of feelings. 
The men and women who went down in history as heroes are those who stood unafraid of opposition; who had the courage to make decisions that others were too afraid to make. There are profound lessons to learn from the courage of leaders. 
So my question for today is: what is it that is an crucial issue, one that is worthy of your energy? One that is worthy of your time? What is the change you wish to see in the world? Then I dare you... fight for that. 


Food for thought from Margret Thatcher:

* "Being powerful, is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are; you aren't."

* "The problem with socialism, is you eventually run out of other people's money."

*" Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day when you have had everything to do, and you have done it."

*" You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

*" If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime and accomplish nothing."

*" I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have no a single political argument left." 

*" I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; I very rarely change it." 

*"Being democratic is not enough, to a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”