Volume 8, Issue 27
Relevancy is defined by one’s perception of reality. Nature sets the guidelines.
Eighty percent of all human beings feel most comfortable as followers. This mentality has nothing to do with race, creed, color, or sex. It is not dependent upon ethnicity, education, culture, philosophy, intelligence or aptitude. This sociological characteristic simply means that most people seek an environment where they can live their lives peacefully in a secure atmosphere. They are supportive of government, institutions, local authorities, families, and each other. These citizens serve, participate, and sacrifice when called. Relevancy is enjoying life as a contributing member of society.
Their fear is being displaced or eliminated in need by lack of righteous leadership.
Twenty percent of all human beings are designed inherently to lead. They find comfort in taking a stand on issues. This beckoning has nothing to do with race, creed, color, or sex. It is not dependent upon ethnicity, education, culture, philosophy, intelligence or aptitude. The call to lead for these individuals is unavoidable. Only by speaking out can the urge to determine solutions be satisfied. Relevancy is participating in the policy debate. Confrontation or acrimony is not a limiting factor. Ideas must be not only ventilated, but advanced. The twenty percent are always split equally 10-10 on any issue of divide. That is why today it is impossible to clearly perceive popular opinion.
Their fear is failing to represent a following to conclusive fulfillment.
Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, incorporated a phrase from the works of John Loch. That, in the relationship between a citizen and the government, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as an individual defined them, were paramount.
And so, this definition is equally distinctive for those who follow and those who lead.
Martin Luther King, Jr., believed in America’s destiny to fulfill righteousness, equality and freedom for all mankind. Writing from a Birmingham jail, he penned:
“In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be…This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
MLK believed in America’s destiny. He believed in the moral framework of our core being.
“We will reach our goal of freedom…because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.”
This revelation was not just for black America, but for all Americans. Racism would be destroyed in the ultimate manifestation of America’s purpose to respect pursuit of happiness equally for all people. A goal as requisite to whites as it is to African Americans.
The successful formula for the distinguishable traits of humanity to peacefully structure conducive solutions in an open society is respect for each individual’s definition of pursuit of happiness.
What derails the balance of interrelated mutuality is the deadly sin of pride. This is the attitude that “I know best what the outcome should be for all individuals, regardless of the multiplicity of the divisions of individual happiness.” Such an attitude can denigrate into obsession wherein the end justifies the means.
The Christian doctrine of love thy neighbor as thyself means, by acceptance, that the process is, in and of itself, the goal. The end is predetermined by ordained destiny.
The need by national leaders and, in particular, the national press, to underscore their political ideology without reference to mutual interdependence is the scourge of America’s leadership today. Eighty percent depend upon rational rendition of current affairs. What they get is biased emphasis.
President Trump is being criticize for a perceived lack of response to a classified intelligence report that Vladimir Putin offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill American soldiers. The White House has denied that the President was briefed on the matter. And further denied that the report has been verified. The national press continues to ignore the porous leaks of classified documents. It is treasonous to expose classified information. The New York Times was cavalier in printing not only the information, but also the editorial view that President Trump is insensitive in taking no action.
There was a time when America’s elected leaders cared foremost for the security of the country and our national objectives. There was little question to our adversaries that America was one in principle. We long for those times.
For those who follow, lack of relevancy results in fear of losing security.
For those who lead, lack of relevancy results in fear of failure.
The principle to overcome both fears is to realize implicitly that, it is not about me.
For the progeny of self-centeredness is fear.
In defining relevancy, it is imperative to recognize others’ rights and opportunities for the pursuit of happiness before one’s own. If everyone adhered to this philosophy, then each of our individual dreams would be protected in everyone’s pursuit of happiness. Martin Luther King, Jr., was right. America’s destiny is integral to humanity’s destiny.
Keeping faith in America’s destiny must be every American’s pledge.
My name is Marc Nuttle and this is what I believe.
What do you believe?