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Nov.6, 2012

LEADERSHIP...

Election Day is here. What am I thinking about?

I'm thinking about my horse.

How powerful he is. How grand, how deeply attached I am to him. How his name means 'leader' and how very seriously he displays characteristics of what I look for in one. He lives up so highly to his name it seems like he was born with it. Born with those qualities and named for them because of his intrinsic proclivities to display a 'born to be a leader' attitude.

He is proud. He watches the horizon for anything. He is strong, capable, and at times quite electric. He is a horse I would trust to lead me through a forest of tightly spaced saplings because it would be smarter to turn loose of the reins, close my eyes and hug his neck than try and steer him through myself.
He knows better where to put his feet than I would so I let him.

I am thinking about him, now 8 strong years old. He has grown a hand or so in the last three years. His 17. 1h angular well-boned frame carries him through the field doing two tempis just for fun and makes him stand out among the others.

I am thinking about how glad I am that he missed being slaughtered by 30 minutes and forever grateful to the groom who saved his life.

As I am thinking about him, I begin to feel proud. Not because I own him, or rehabilitated him. Because just looking at him makes me feel like I can accomplish anything. He brings out the best in me, makes me feel safe and inspires me not to give up. The thought of what he has been through makes my deepest fears and woes vanish. So I don't give up.

His leadership in the herd inspires me to be a better person. His way of looking across the horizon reminds me to be present yet look to the future. His humble presence when realizes it's me at the gate, and then runs like he misses me, whinnying all the way, makes my heart burst open and I almost fall down with gratitude and disbelief.

Yes, my horse to me is a great leader. If I can be half as good as he is then I'm fine with that.

So on Election Day, I am thinking about leadership qualities.

The obvious thought of who will be running this country tomorrow meanders through my brain once every 30 minutes or so. With it comes not the usual wonderment of past elections. With it comes trepidation.

Americans better get ready. Cause who the voting public will elect will not be what people are searching for. Americans should be electing a leader not searching for a savior.

Neither candidate can save you from the last one, the one before or any of the domino effects since we
landed on this side of the ocean. Americans are searching for a savior, someone to save them from themselves, others pasts and mistakes made thinking the leader of the free world could actually save us from the last leader of the free world and we can take a deep breath and say whew when it's all over. 

Searching for a savior and electing a leader are two very different things.

We already have a Savior.

Now it's time to elect a LEADER.

I pray whoever America has chosen as our next leader, that they lead our country with integrity through the forest of the future.