"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Saturday, April 13, 2019

When People Don't Comply!

"Dreams of what should be, of what will be: 'This is what I will do,' he says. But to fulfill those dreams, he must have the people's cooperation. Ah, this is the point often overlooked. Such dreams rest totally on the premise that the people ..... will follow the new leader, and all will see as he sees...

Possibly the people will follow, but possibly they will not. 

"Generally, people do what they please. They can be stopped to do someone else's pleasure for a time, but not for long."

What will "..." do when people stop following him willingly? Ah, now there is a question.

....if so.......has but one recourse: dictatorship. Either that, or he will see few, if any, of his grand dreams accomplished.....Rebels who ascend to the throne by rebellion have no patience with other rebels and their rebellions....he will become a tyrant."

- Gene Edwards. A Tale Of Three 

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