“You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything. You’ve got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string. Never compromise what’s right, and uphold your family name. You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.”
– Lyric from Aaron Tippin’s 1990 single, “You’ve Got To Stand For Something”
“I’m for love and I’m for happiness. I’m for “if you don’t like can’t you just let is pass?” And I’m for turnin’ off the tube and turning down the lights…”
– Lyric from Hank Williams, Jr’s 1985 single, “I’m For Love”
To continue the Hank-track, I woke up today in a “Country State of Mind.”
But not a country music state of mind, rather a USA, one nation under God, freedom first, Democratic Republic state of mind.
It started when I opened up my Wall Street Journal. A headline “…Who Is Inspired to Vote?” caught my eye, and led me to the Journal’s research that says that as many as 20% of registered voters are as likely to vote against, rather than for one of the candidates in this year’s Presidential election.
I get it. I might be one of them.
And that makes me sad.
How often do we do it at work? Hope someone fails, instead of helping them succeed? Complain without suggesting a better way forward? (Cue the decidedly un-Country Ben Harper lyric here…)
How often do we do it at home? Passive vs. participative. Tearing down vs. building up?
We’ve got to stand for something. And I’m for making a difference. Positively. Let’s hold each other to that standard.
Leave a Reply