What Kind of a Chair Will You Choose to Sit Upon...

This is where all that sit in the chairs at the top need to take responsibility. No matter what the business or organization, the person who sits in the highest seat needs to be a leader to all those who assist him/her position. In any managerial organization that is the person who is in charge truly and has the power for change. I applaud the President for stepping down, however I totally agree with Jonathan's statement in that "Why did it have to come to that?" It shouldn't.

We are afforded the opportunity in this country to walk freely down the street, go across borders and too many positives to list. Unfortunately, we also bring upon ourselves poor choices, impulsive decisions that affect our own lives and the others around us. We don't have to fear being shot as we walk down the street by offensive snipers or bombs buried in our pathways as some citizens of other countries experience everyday. We can turn on the faucet and fill a glass of water to drink when we are thirsty and not have to think about walking a mile to fill jugs for our family and worry about if it will make us sick or not; however, contaminates are on the rise in our country. We do experience violence and other atrocities, but why is that... once you come up with an answer continue with another "why" until you come to "choice". That is the bottom line.


Men and women have given their lives through the centuries in order to give us that simple gift, choice. It's a choice that is made to ridicule another race, it's a choice that is made to shoot to kill vs. shoot at all, it's a choice that is made to take part in a violent act because you don't know who you are inside and you're trying to find out, and it's a choice that it is made to paint a swastika drawn in human feces on a college dorm’s wall. So I ask "why" and continue with each response. It's simply the freedom that has been allotted to us to choose. So what if we start choosing differently, not following the crowd, standing up and being more individualized in our choices. Choose to be an individual that is part of humankind. Break that down... human and kind... Become more critical thinkers for not only ourselves but for those who stand by our side and those who will come after us.


I applaud Jonathan, the students who stood behind him, the football team and all other supporters who decided to make a choice. I had just finished saying to myself, "why did it have to come to that?"... when Jonathan himself said the same thing on Good Morning America, "it shouldn't have had to come to this." Why does it have to take such drastic actions before those that sit in the high chairs, those who are supposed to be so much smarter than us can see the simple truth of what is right and just. Most importantly, maybe we're the smarter ones and they need us to start making better choices, maybe they need to learn from us while they sit in their highchairs (that one is on purpose). What will you choose to do today?

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