"The more we put our leaders on a pedestal, the more we take the onus of responsibility off of our own shoulders." Richard Nelson, playwright.

[For those that need the context, Mr. Nelson meant that it is a negative thing.]

When we expect or imagine that our leaders are perfect or omnipotent, we then think we can sit back and do business as usual and they can save us from our folly and we don't have to take responsibility for our own actions and contributions to the problem. This goes for all spectrums of the political right to left.

It may also be the problem for those who view God as not only perfect but as able and poised to rescue us from our bad economic decisions, our greed, our ill-advised wars and our destruction of our environment. Not going to happen--the blessings of life will come to us when we merit them.

Loren M. Lambert © December 9, 2012