Good morning world. It is a beautiful new day. What will we do to make our world a happier place today? The Constitution of the United States of America proclaims that we are all born with certain inalienable rights to the pursuit of happiness.

Our former American leaders understood that happiness moves from the inside of us, to the outside of us. Most people today, think happiness moves from the outside of us, to the inside of us. Ultimately, happiness is found in what you believe to be true, not what the world yells in your ears.

Our world is in overdrive. Education has become a playground for placating self-indulgence, and parenting has become a competition for who’s who. It is our approach that determines our results. If we live our lives expecting others to serve us, we will be disappointed. If we live our lives expecting to serve others, and build community, we will find great purpose and joy.

Leadership is not the top of a work pyramid. Leadership is not one nation over another. Leadership is not a club that says God loves one group more than another. Leadership is a work and play ethic that defines life as a partnership, not an anarchy, not a monarchy. Yes, we influence each other by the way we manifest our destiny, but one single thread does not make a tapestry. Each one of us has a role to play on this planet; you were born to lead someone, somehow, somewhere.

Some great individuals have stated there is a secret passage to success. Some have made the observation that great strength comes from a determination to be positive. Life is energy. Positive energy attracts positive energy. Negative energy attracts negative energy. If this theory could be true, we could change the world by the way we look at it, and the way we look at what is inside each of us. Positives are not what you want, positives are what is right. God is the source of all positive energy.

Let us examine the human conscience. How do we build a positive conscience, and how do we deliver a positive message? Your thoughts are who you are. If you do not like your thoughts, you need to find a way of living that changes how you think. You can change your thoughts by taking the time to examine yourself. Religion was designed to help man recover good thoughts, Godly thoughts. It is in your search for goodness, where you find God. You cannot find God, if you are not mindful of compassion, courage, and commitment to others.

There is one grey area of life that keeps us all from moving in the right direction. (Most of us are trying to move against the wind, instead of moving with the wind. It is natural to move in the direction that God has designed for us.) Why do we fight what is natural? I suspect we fight what is natural, because the world has told us there are shortcuts in life that will make us happier faster. Do you take short cuts that hurt others and hurt you? Short cuts are responsible for war, hate, and a corruption that reaps havoc on our planet. Our humanity began when Adam and Eve decided to take a short cut in the Garden of Eden.

Do you let snakes tell you what to do?

A few leaders do not dictate the rise or fall of a civilization. It is what you are doing and thinking, right now, that will determine our human condition tomorrow. If you know something is wrong, are you willing to ignore it because it is your shortcut to success? If you know that the media is irresponsible in their actions, do you buy in to the mania, or do you step outside of the circle and challenge them? If you know one third of the world does not have clean water, do you care, or are you careless? Are your children learning to think from the inside to the outside, or is it all about them, and manufactured things?

If we do not take control of what we think and how we think, we become thoughtless. A thoughtless world is not a happy place!

You have a role in this big, beautiful world. What will you do, today, to make our world a happier place?