leasheryn's Blog

Change is coming. That seems to be all the Presidential candidates want to talk about these days. We have been listening to the two of them promise change throughout most of the summer and fall but can we really expect to see any changes starting to take place this upcoming January when either John McCain or Barack Obama takes office or will it just be business as usual up in DC once all this hoop-la is over?

Change means that things will be different; that life with either improve or perhaps take a down turn in the near future. But the truth is, we never really know what the future holds or what is around the next corner. There is always something different to come and the next thing might be better or it might be worse; who knows?

Can one man, or one woman, make that much of a difference in the future that the world will change for the good? Does one person ever make such a great impact that they can make such changes to the way we live our day-by-day lives? It seems this is very unlikely to happen and, if it is possible, such an impact is hardly something we can expect to happen within a day or a month or even within the course of a year. This is, of course not something we can realistically expect to happen in a place like Washington, DC where business seems to take place in the same way, time and time again.

No, if we wish for change and if we expect change, it is not the politicians in Washington who are going to make it happen. They don’t want change; they want to continue to live their comfortable lives in the same way as they always have. If we expect change, we will be sadly disappointed by yet another load of empty promises brandied about by a couple of butt kissers who want your vote.

If we want change, it is the good people of the United States of America who are going to have to stand up and make these changes happen and happen for their own benefit. In case anyone has forgotten, this is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. We are a brave, strong people who hold the power and the will to make changes and to improve our own lives.

Many of our ancestors came to this land because they were dissatisfied with life in the land of their births. They left the old homeland and the property of their fathers and their father’s fathers in order to find their dreams in a newly developing land which offered the freedom and the ability to stand upon their own two feet and to create a life for themselves out of a bare wilderness. They came as pilgrims and adventurers; they came to build cities and towns and farms. They became frontiers people and pioneers who faced grave dangers in order to build up this country, to make it a vast nation peopled by a diverse population.

When they didn’t like what life was handing them, they pushed on; they changed their lives to accommodate their needs and their desires. They never allowed their situation to hold them back or to keep them from their dreams. These people were strong and brave and lived by their own abilities and their own intelligence.

If we want change, it is up to us to make it. It is time for each and every one of us to take stock of our lives, to decide what is right for us and what is wrong and what has to be done to make improvements. If we don’t like what’s going on in our lives, we are the ones to decide what the next move is. If we don’t like the way we are treated in the workplace, it is up to us to decide whether we want to stay there or not. If we don’t like the way our children are being raised, it is up to us to change the way we are doing it. If we don’t like how banks are doing business or how the retailers are doing business, we don’t do business with them; we find another way or find another place.

As Americans, we don’t expect help from anyone and we don’t ask for anyone’s help. We help ourselves and stop being dependant on government or the boss or the banks for help that we can ill-afford. As Americans, we don’t whine and cry and moan that we can’t. We are Americans and no matter what is around the next bend, we can face it and we can conquer it. WE CAN DO IT, should be our motto.

This is not only the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, it is a place of Independence. Afterall, this country was based on independence and freedom but if we allow ourselves to be dependent on government and bosses and banks, the fundamentals of our great country are lost to one and all.