Election Day

Tomorrow’s gonna be a brighter day
There’s gonna be some changes tomorrow
Gonna be a brighter day…

Well, I voted absentee two weeks ago, my husband dropped off his ballot yesterday and my son votes this afternoon, for the first time. I guess after that, it’s just wait and hope.

I know no matter who wins, it’s not going to be easy the next four years and the real culture war is just beginning, but I am feeling hopeful. Tomorrow is my 46th birthday and I’m hoping for a great present, a new president and the start of a new political era. That’s what I would like to see. Otherwise, it’s four more years of battling this oil-drenched corporate hydra that is trying to strangle our country.

So, some Tao thoughts for the day, just to keep me sane. I’m opening up “Tao of Leadership” at random to see what I find:

Be OPen to Whatever Emerges

The wise leader does not impose a personal agenda or value system on the group.

The leader follows the group’s lead and is open to whatever emerges. The leader judges no one and is attentive to both “good” and “bad” people. It does not even matter whether a person is telling the truth or lying.

Being open and attentive is more effective than being judgemental. This is because people naturally tend to be good and truthful when they are being received in a good and truthful manner.

Perhaps the leader seems naive and childlike in this uncritical openess to whatever emerges. But openess is simply more potent than any system of judgements ever devised.

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Indeed. Whatever emerges, we will deal with it, and get through it.