The Unlikely Leader

The most unlikely leader is each of us. Yet God does great things with the least. You don't have to be the biggest or strongest. David was just a farm boy when he slew Goliath. But we have to have faith. We need strong conservative leaders like each of us to sow seeds of strength and hope in this world. A famous saying is Peace through Strength. We need to help each other become strong and stand firm against terror, lack of morals, and those who think big Government has all the answers. It doesn't. I can't tell you how many times I have recoiled in horror at the school system I grew up in. They kept pushing me and abusing me with their learning. And then when I recoiled in horror at their teaching, they yelled at me and humiliated me.

They said that people do drugs recreationally. They taught eastern thought and beat up on WASP's and Dead White European Males. It was so offensive and obviously meant to brainwash us with their hatred of our proud history, that I grew disenchanted with learning and dropped down in my classes. I don't mind being smart. But I don't want to be a robot.

Later on I fasted from Media. The thing that drove me crazy with its lecherous examples. Women are degraded in today's society, no doubt about it. They are taught to be bimbo's and degrade themselves in Godless behavior. They starve themselves to be loved. Go through surgery to be perfect. What you see is not what you get. I saw a magnet that said "Smart girls know how to play piano, tennis and dumb" Is this what we teach young women? To deny growth and live for thrills and materialism?

I may be single, but at least I didn't sell out myself on the "American Ideal" of being another Paris Hilton knock off. I know I am beautiful. And can learn and grow and be more of myself. You don't have to threaten people with your intelligence. Part of my problem with my last boyfriend was that he said I would manipulate him. That really hurt. Because I am the sweetest person I know. I just wanted to be the best person I could be.

So, as a Christian, I am much more humble than my atheist scientist genius associates. You need a balance in life. Being a genius isn't going to solve anything. Whenever I want to help, it always goes too far. People need to learn balance. They push too hard and too fast and too far and try to squeeze blood from a stone. That's why the housing market crashed. That's why tax cuts without decrease in government didn't work, that's why looking nice has turned into soft porn. People equate looking like a pinup with being happy.

In the Fifties, modesty was much more the norm. People didn't want more than was good for them. Women looked fabulous without too much skin showing, people wanted a modest home with appliances and a TV. Then as the media got more and more shocking, people grew dissatisfied with being humble. They felt like they didn't matter. They didn't get attention they craved. Instead starlets got all the attention. But it wasn't good attention. Ala Marilyn Monroe and other famous stars who died from overexposure.

People went from wanting to be like the Joneses to wanting to be Famous. But fame is hard to handle. As more people grew discontent with their simple, less stressful lives, they sought to work harder, play harder, desensitizing themselves from their true selves and becoming more frazzled, more distraught, more discontent.

Life doesn't have to be so harsh. We don't need to degrade ourselves with sleaziness to matter. We don't have to be infamous. People do bad things so people will give them attention. That's why there's school shootings. That's why children beat each other up these days. They want to matter. They are shuttled off to school, told to act "good" and when they don't measure up, and feel left out, alienated, alone, they act out.

The only way the media gives attention is if someone doesn't act right. Kurt Cobain was dysfunctional. He got media attention. Unhappy with fame, he killed himself. Fame isn't a cure all for unhappiness. It doesn't really make you more well liked or popular. People want things from you. They expect you to make them more important.

People knew my last name, DuPont, before they knew me. They didn't like me. Then I became a Christian and started doing poetry in college. I got the nickname J-lo. I don't go by J-lo because I don't want people liking me for something that sounds "Cool" I want to be myself. I am a good poet and if people don't want to give me the respect I deserve for poetry, I just don't care.

But on a positive note, I have been writing and finding out more about life as I go, and I know that image and integrity matter. If you can't be trusted, then people won't want to listen to you. I have always been attracted to moral people. People who stand for something. I find inspiration in leaders. It makes me want to be a better person. You don't have to be a graduate from Harvard Law to be a good leader. You just have to stand for what you believe. Abraham Lincoln was so respected, he didn't even have to campaign really to become a politician. His good name and honesty brought people to vote for him.