Dear Leaders

¿ Hearts OR Minds ?

Our World ...

Is Currently ...

'Mind-Based'

Our Rulers ...

Rule By Mind

And Not ...

By Heart

They Rule ...

By Ideology

--- OR ---

( In The Worst Cases )

By Their OWN ...

Self-Serving

Hunger

For Wealth

For Power

Or For Glory

TOO Few ...

Rule

FOR ... The People ...

Whom They Have 'BEEN' ...

'APPOINTED'

TO SERVE

It Is FOR ...

The BENEFIT

OF THEIR PEOPLE

That They 'Should' ...

Be Ruling

And To DO THIS ...

They MUST ...

HOLD

THEIR PEOPLE

¡ IN THEIR HEARTS !

They MUST ...

FEEL

COMPASSION

For THEIR OWN PEOPLE

And IDENTIFY ...

With Their Sufferings

And They MUST FEEL ...

This Compassion

Not ONLY ...

For The Rich

Not ONLY ...

For The Powerful

Not ONLY ...

For Their Supporters

Not ONLY ...

For Their 'Donors'

Not ONLY ...

For Their 'Party'

Not ONLY ...

For Their 'Constituents'

But For ALL ...

THE PEOPLE ...

Born ...

Within ...

Their ...

'Realm'

Dear 'Led' ...

IF YOU ...

Are Blessed...

To Have Been Born Into ...

A Nation

That ELECTS ...

Its Leaders ...

Then It Is Incumbent Upon ...

--- YOU ---

¡ TO ... VOTE !

And To VOTE FOR ...

Compassionate

Knowledgeable

Experienced

Just

And NOBLE

Leaders

And It Is ALSO ...

Incumbent Upon ...

--- YOU ---

To ASSURE ...

That Your Elections ...

Are Fair ...

And Equal ...

And Easily Accessible ...

To ALL Voters

--- NO MATTER ---

The Voter's Location ...

Race

Religion

Gender

Or 'Party' ... Affiliation

And IF Your Current ...

Election Laws ...

Do NOT Meet ...

These Very Basic Criteria ...

Then Stand Up ...

Speak Out ...

And PROTEST ...

If Need Be ...

UNTIL

THEY

¡ ARE !

And IF Your ...

'Elected' 'Officials' ...

ARE EVEN NOW ...

Passing 'Legislation' ...

--- RESTRICTING ---

Voter Access and Participation ...

--- THEN ---

¡ VOTE THEM OUT !

[ ¡ IF ... You EVEN ... STILL ... CAN ! ]

But IF YOU ...

Are Unfortunate Enough ...

To Have Been Born Into ...

A Nation

That DOES NOT ...

ELECT

Its 'Leaders'

In Which Those Leaders ...

'Inherit'

Their 'Leadership'

By Bloodline

Or By 'Party' Affiliation

Or By The Decree ...

Of The Military

Or Have ASSUMED Power ...

By Corrupt

Or Unjust Means

--- THEN ---

It Is Incumbent Upon ...

--- YOU ---

To DEMAND

--- ELECTED ---

¡ LEADERSHIP !

Dear 'Leaders' ...

'However' ...

You May Have 'Managed' ...

To 'Attain'

Your 'Leadership'

It Is NOT ..

TOO LATE

TO CHANGE

--- HOW ---

YOU LEAD

You CAN ...

¡ CHANGE ... TODAY !

You CAN ...

SERVE

YOUR PEOPLE

And NOT ...

Your Self

You CAN ...

LEAD

YOUR PEOPLE ...

To Safety ...

To Opportunity ...

To Fulfillment ...

To Happiness ...

To TRUTH ...

¡ WITH ... COMPASSION !

You CAN ...

HELP

YOUR PEOPLE ...

By Reducing Selfishness ...

And Corruption

Within Your Ranks

And By Distributing ...

Those Funds

Thus Freed

To The BENEFIT ...

Of ALL ...

¡ OF YOUR PEOPLE !

HISTORY ...

DOES ...

¡ REMEMBER !

And HISTORY ...

Is Unkind

To Unjust

Leaders

And Their Names ...

Become By-Words

For The Evils

They Have Committed

--- THESE ---

Are Some Names ...

That Will Live ...

In Infamy:

Caligula

Nero

Genghis Khan

Attila The Hun

Ivan The Terrible

Robespierre

Napoleon

Leopold II

Ismail Enver Pasha

Talaat Pasha

Benito Mussolini

Generallisimo Franco

Adolf Hilter

Joseph Stalin

Pol Pot

Augusto Pinochet

Idi Amin

Saddam Hussein

Omar Khaddafi

To Name But a FEW ...

[ I COULD HAVE ... NAMED ...
A 'Few' ... MORE ... BUT: ...
The List Would Have Grown Tiresome!

And I COULD HAVE ... NAMED ...
A 'Few' ... MORE ... RECENT ... BUT: ...

¿¿¿ TOO SOON ???

No Problem:
WE ... KNOW ... WHO YOU ARE ...
And HISTORY ... WILL ... REMEMBER !

Not To Mention ... That 'One' ...
WILL ... Remember ]

Are YOU ...

Dear Leader ...

Willing ...

To Add YOUR Name ..

To THAT List?

Is THAT ...

Your GOAL ...

In This Short Life?

[ And FOR ALL ... of ... ETERNITY ? ]

Or Would You RATHER ...

Be On THIS List:

Amenhotep III

Moses

Socrates

Ashoka

Muhammad

Joan of Arc

George Washington

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Abraham Lincoln

Queen Victoria

Winston Churchill

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Mahatma Gandhi

Stephen Biko

Nelson Mandela

Desmond Tutu

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Dalai Lama

So, Dear Leader ...

WHICH List ...

Do YOU WANT ...

¿ To Be ON ?

--- TOTALLY ---

--- UP TO YOU ---

Dear ...

Leader

Please TRY ...

To Remember,

Dear ...

Leader:

That You CAN LEAD ...

--- FOR ---

YOUR PEOPLE

--- OR ---

You Can Lead ...

--- FOR ---

YOUR SELF

And Remember Also ...

That The WISE Leader ...

--- USES ---

His Mind ...

But Is LED ...

By His Heart

Closer To The Heart

Neil Peart (lyrics) & Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson

Rush

Geddy Lee
Alex Lifeson
Neil Peart

wikipedia

Tithe: On Amazon On iTunes

[ or on your favorite source ]

¡ LISTEN !

And The Men...
Who Hold High Places
Must Be The Ones Who Start
To Mold A New Reality...

Closer To The Heart

Closer To The Heart

The Blacksmith and The Artist...
Reflect It In Their Art
They Forge Their Creativity...

Closer To The Heart

Closer To The Heart

Philosophers and Ploughmen...
Each Must Know His Part
To Sow A New Mentality...

Closer To The Heart

Closer To The Heart

¡ Yeah !

Whoa ...

Whoa, Whoa ...

You Can Be The Captain...
And I Will Draw The Chart

Sailing Into Destiny...

¡ Closer To The Heart !

¡ Closer To Your Heart !

LEADERSHIP

Is A SACRED

¡ TRUST !

ARE YOU ...

Dear Leader ...

Treating IT ...

¿ AS SUCH ?

Dear Leader
--- PLEASE Lead US ---
... With Your ...
¡ HEART !