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Follow the leader, remember that game when we were kids? It was so much fun; each person one by one follows the leader often times in single file copying what ever the person in front of them is doing and the one in front of them and so on all the way to the leader. So imagine several children following along, if the leader jumps the first kid jumps and then the next and so on. Now they are walking, hoping, stopping then turning and pushing the one behind, then of course the next and so on. Wait a moment did the leader just push the first kid who then pushed the next, then the next? Didn’t they know that pushing someone is wrong, not nice? Or are they are just kids following the leader in front. Of course they know the difference between right & wrong don’t they? So if they know then why would they push rather than just stop and say wait, pushing is wrong. It’s funny isn’t it? We all know what is right and wrong but how often do we just follow along with everyone else anyway? Perhaps it’s just human nature to think it’s ok to do something we know is wrong when everyone else seems to be doing the same thing? Just follow the leader and it’s all ok because the person in front of them did it and the one in front of them. So just what do you think would happen if just one of these kids stopped and did not push the one behind him because he knew what was right? Just think about our own lives today, if we just stop following and not questioning and instead stood up for the right thing to do and stood on our principles of right and wrong. Is it possible that your world and the world of others around you would change? So maybe it’s worth trying. The next time when you’re ready to do something just because everyone else is doing it, weigh what you’re about to do with the weight of your principles. If your principles are too heavy to move, then don’t!

I’m still writing, you’re still reading, so please keep following…….

Craig