Sep
Making the Big Decision
We have all been subjected to a blitz of political information that is designed to impress us with the merits of each of the presidential candidates. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have deluged us with pros and cons of reasons why we should vote for their respective candidates.
Now that the conventions are over it is time for us to sort it all out. Now it’s our turn. Now we, individually and in the privacy of our own mind, must separate ourselves from all the rhetoric, empty promises, false claims, hoopla and the emotional impact of a well-planned show, and take time to think.
We have all been asked by friends and associates what we thought about the conventions, who we are going to vote for and, more often than not, we are told how they feel, who they are going to vote for and why.
Of course, we must all do our homework, listen to intelligent analyses and evaluate each candidate on his or her qualifications independent of personality or frequency of media exposure. To help us cut to the chase, I saw a poster that I felt was quite telling. It pointed out:
SMALL minds discuss people
AVERAGE minds discuss events
GREAT minds discuss ideas
Throughout all recorded history, nothing was ever accomplished, no need was ever met and no problem was ever solved that didn’t begin with an IDEA. The importance of our electoral process demands that we not be influenced by anything other than the impersonal implementation of right ideas.
Be alert that you treat all the political rhetoric as you would any controversial elements of a problem. Reject their claims and focus on the universe’s underlying natural laws and principles, which Webster tells us are “controlling forces of the universe”. Adhering to this mindset you will be led to make intelligent decisions based solely on impersonal principles and not on the emotional impact of skilled orators and clever speech writers.
Take time to think and when you enter the voting booth, let “the controlling forces of the universe” cast its vote through you.
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