One of the
fondest memories I have of my father was his philosophy for dealing with those
who treated him in a disrespectful manner. His message to me was, “If you
don’t rise above the level of your adversaries, you will never make productive
changes in life. Instead you will simply waste time mimicking each
other’s aberrant behavior.”
Apparently
our President and the U.S. Congress could benefit greatly from my dad’s
advice. Most troubling are House Speaker, John Boehner’s, and our U.S.
Senate’s recent actions concerning the nation of Israel, and foreign policy
negotiations with Iran, which displayed, to the entire world, a total
disrespect for the office of the president of the United States.
Even more troubling is the fact that many individuals justify these actions by
asserting that the president disrespected some members of Congress first, and
that he, and the Democrats in Congress deserve this payback for all their
mistreatment of Republicans during previous years. Most agree that
they’re just getting what they deserve and it’s about time; a thought process
reminiscent of the playground behavior of children.
Sadly, no
one can deny some of the past unconscionable actions unwisely executed by the
president and Democratic legislators.
However,
those whom we have NEWLY entrusted to lead this country seem to prefer to
maintain this status quo philosophy of tit-for-tat rather than RISE ABOVE the
mundane and lead.
The United
States is presently a respected leader of the free world, but where this
country is headed by such continued behavior is not known. However one
thing is certain, unless someone or some group decides to rise above the
pettiness that now exists within our government, nothing will be accomplished,
for we “will simply waste time mimicking each other‘s aberrant behavior.”
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