Ponderings (October 2008) - “VOTE”

According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary …

Vote is “to express one's views in response to a poll; to express an opinion: to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize”

Sharing my thoughts …

Just a few more days before the Presidential election when we can exercise our right to vote.  Typically we associate voting as something that we do every 4 years when we get the chance to cast our vote for who we believe will be the best U.S. President.  Maybe you are someone who always votes at elections and perhaps you never vote; or so you think!  Actually you are voting everyday with your choices.  You may not be formally casting a ballot, but the products and services you buy cast your vote for specific businesses and their practices.  How you spend your time, energy and resources reflects what and who you vote for.  So enjoy your liberty to vote on November 4; and, remember to keep an awareness of the votes you make each day by your choices.

Questions to ponder …

1. How do you feel after you exercise your right to vote? 
2. Would you vote for the leaders in your company?  Why or why not?
3. If you are unclear on who to vote for, what can you do to get clarity?
4. How will you feel if your candidate wins?  How will it make your life different?
5. How will you feel if your candidate loses?  How will it make your life different?
6. Would your family vote for you as their ideal parent or spouse?  Why or why not?
7. When you shop at your favorite store, what business practices are you voting for?
8. How will you respond if your candidate’s campaign promises do not come to fruition?

Related quotes …

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.  [W. C. Fields]

We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.  [Kin Hubbard]

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.  [Bill Vaughn]

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.  [Ralph Waldo Emerson]