Parents Are the Most Important Leaders

I recently heard that phrase and it motivated me to remind you that we are all leaders. Leaders teach those who notice them as examples or in their roles as rule-makers. In this foreclosure and economic crisis, we all have a pretty good sense of right and wrong. 20 million households have been robbed of their wealth, their lifestyle, and even their homes. Their children have gone through this looking to their parents to protect them from the ravages of greed and grief, stress and domestic unrest, and the feeling that they are hopelessly at the mercy of a cruel world.

I don’t know how all this will end up. But I know how I think it should end. This should end with people being restored, as much as humanly possible, to the position they were before these greedy schemes were hatched. AND our children should see that we stand up for our rights with a clear sense of right and wrong, and to fight with every ounce of our being to do the right thing and make the right things happen.

I believe the lesson for our children in all this is not the concept of win or lose because it doesn’t always work out that being right is enough. The lesson our children should learn is that we love them and we cherish them. It should be that that when THEY are parents in a sometimes cruel turn of events, they should fight for their rights and the protection of their families. The children should know that we can act powerfully even against enormous odds and that we can be trusted to do everything in our power to deliver on the inherent promises we made as parents to our children.In that process it will be revealed that we are far more empowered than we thought and we will emanate a spirit of achievement and accomplishment.

If the light of day is shown upon the misdeeds of others who acted out of selfishness and greed, and it becomes generally accepted that part of the plan was to use a confused court system that relied upon antiquated rules useless in the face of the modern era of financial “innovation,” then so much the better. If it doesn’t happen, or it doesn’t happen in the time period necessary to prevent disruption of our lives, our legacy of right and wrong, standing up to those who misuse their power intentionally or unintentionally will be sustained.

The only way you can make a difference is doing your part. Using any strategy that makes sense to you after consulting with your advisers, you should be taking steps to recover power and wealth stolen from you. Collectively, we will have gains and losses. In the end, we will have fought the right battle, paving the way for our children to act with certainty, conviction and honor.

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