PROBLEM WITH LEADERSHIP

We are still buried in snow. The nights are cold; single digits F., but I can feel the Spring pressing ever forward. The last few days the temperature has been above freezing during the day, yet there hasn't been much snow melt. However, the Horned Larks are back! I see them every year about this time. They are our first heralds of Spring. They seem to arrive regardless of how Wintery the weather is; they stay about a month, or so, and then head further North. They nest in Northern Canada. I am always happy to see the Slate Colored Juncos leave; they are here all Winter. They have come to symbolize Winter for me. They arrive about two weeks before the first snow in the Fall and leave soon after the last snow in Spring. They, also, nest somewhere near the tundra.

On Saturday I saw a speck in the snow. I thought it might be a snow flea; I looked closer. It was a little black spider, no bigger than a small gnat, but sturdier. A well built miniature of an  adult or larger breed. I picked it up and let it crawl on my hand for awhile and then placed it on the windowsill of the goat shed. Do spiders normally come out in winter? I wonder.

We have been trained to need leaders. Those of us, who always questioned the need for them, seem to be few. Perhaps, there are more of us than I know. Regardless, the majority of people appear to need them, for now. If we knew our sovereignty, leadership would take on a new meaning. Leadership would only be by example. However, now we need leaders that will tell us the truth and teach us that we don't need leaders.

I have been hoping that meaningful leadership will emerge from the current structure. It doesn't look like that is possible. No matter how well intentioned they may be; they soon get locked into the matrix, and they don't seem to be able to extricate themselves. They need to go along with so much to survive, much less get reelected, that they lose their 'juice' along with their credibility. Leadership exist in all areas, not just politics, but it is the political leaders that hold sway over masses of people.

I know there are leaders ready to emerge. Imagine, if the most loving people in the world arose to the top decision making positions; instead of those, marinated in psychopathy, that seem to have the positions now. Most leaders now, even the most decent ones, use fear to maintain their power and don't seem to mind that they are being manipulative.

Imagine leaders who are dedicated to finding truth and teaching it. Leaders who are dedicated to teaching you how to be free, so you wouldn't need them. The only purpose of seeing more than your neighbor is to help them see, too. Not to see what you see, but as you see. Although we are one, we will all see differently; but we can all see with love. We can all see everyone is equally sovereign, equally worthy, equally deserving, equally valuable, etc. etc.

We may have to wait for the existing structures to collapse before 'real' leadership can emerge. Watch what happens to the Vatican. What you see could be the beginning of the end of that structure.

Love and Peace,  Gregg