Apathy –
Our Greatest Enemy
Monday, June 9, 2008
By Bill Lussenheide
Recent elections in California resulted in a turnout of just 20% of
the electorate. In my Riverside Country, it was just 18%. A sad
commentary of our times, for the hard fought voting privilege that
men have gave their life for, as a gift to us.
It is obvious that our Country suffers from APATHY. What are the
roots of apathy, its symptoms, and what are the answers to this
problem? What does it mean to our Country, our Party, and our
Churches?
Apathy, according to Webster's is defined as "lack of
emotion", "lack of interest" and "indifference".
I believe that the origins of this apathy malaise, come from the
following collective "funk" of society...
* No expectation of change
*No Hope
*Laziness
*Denial of duty
*"I'm doing fine"
* I've got mine, so to heck with everyone else
* The dehumanizing
effects of a "mass society", that reduces you to a "number in the
system" and not an effective free, empowered individual with control
of ones own destiny at any level of life.
The antidote to apathy?... I believe that apathy can be cured with
the following commitments by a few, which in turn will catch the
imagination of the many...
* Dream and dream big! Not only can we restore what we have lost as a
people, we can even do it better! We serve a Great God, with a God
breathed document called the Constitution. All the power of the
universe lay at his throne. We need to imagine his and our good
dreams for this country as real, and ask our Creator to help us
continually, and have faith that he will indeed answer.
* Have "inspirational dissatisfaction". Allow the pain of our current
problems and issues to MOTIVATE us to change. Embrace this discomfort
as a blessing that is calling to us for progress. Don't just become a
whiner! Take action !, and begin by changing yourself in self
leadership and a renewed calling to self sacrifice and action.
* Live it, eat it, sleep it. Your light of self leadership will rub
off on others. In a world of apathy, true leadership is rare. Be an
opinion maker, a trend setter, and stand tall in all that you do. I
see that people will rub their eyes from their grogginess when there
is movement around them. We do not have the option of ever quitting
from this calling.
Remember that it only takes a few "voices in the wilderness" to make
all the difference. If just 18% of society is voting, then this means
that we need only inspire and motivate 9% of all society to become a
majority and move our country back on track. I know that at least 9%
of our society still cares inside deep down . They are waiting for us
to simply water those buried seeds! I know that it is doable!
Friends, perhaps we have been guilty of being in a touch of a
slumber and apathy in recent years. I too have been guilty,
capitulating to a "the Republicans will take care of it" attitude in
my past. Any challenges that are awakening and motivating you to
help our country at this time should be considered a catalyst of
change, that will help catapult us to a renewed vigor and better
tomorrow as a righteous Country under God. Be thankful for it!
VOTE for the American Independent/Constitution Party. Make it happen!
Make tommorow even better than our yesterday!
Bill Lussenheide, Menifee, CA USA
Bill is a candidate of the American Independent Party for US Congress
in 2010 in California's 45th District.
Bill Lussenheide is a successful businessman and a talk show host on several large California conservative radio stations. He is a candidate for US Congress from California in the 49th district in 2010 under the American Independent Party banner. Bill holds college degrees in Management and in Marketing.
He is married to Terri (Miller)father of three sons, Bill Jr., Brad, and Kyle and is a sermon speaker and lecturer at various Churches and Fellowships. His interests include, the Bible, sports of all kinds, world history, weightlifting, astronomy & numismatics. He is known by his friends as friendly, fun, energetic and the neighborhood champion in playing "Jeopardy" trivia quiz type games.
He is a contributor to the landmark "Total Baseball" the official encyclopedia and statistics book of Major League Baseball. Bill is the Treasurer for Abundant Living Ministries, a humanitarian, fully volunteer charity, that has no paid staff and uses 100% of its contributions for direct aid to the street children of Vinogradov, Ukraine.
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