My father kept Children Learn What They Live By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D taped to a kitchen cabinet and I read it often. It begins:
"If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive."
And ends with:
"If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect."
I often think it is "people learn what they live". I liken the government to parents and the citizens to children or the people who learn to condemn, fight and be apprehensive under the leadership of our leaders. One of the reasons I liked Senator Obama was he has a way of bringing out the good in people.
For his birthday his members used their blogs to gather support for a special food drive fundraiser. The donations went to a food bank and were made in Obama's name. People who had never participated in a local food drive did so on Senator Obama's birthday. It was always a positive and pleasurable experience to scroll the community blog posts.
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