An interesting phenomena has swept through the news in the last month. Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States, he has been in the news almost every day. No other candidate is generating this kind of coverage. No matter how you view this candidate, he has one thing that has been missing from most other candidates. He has conviction.
Whether he’s making a fool of himself or truly bringing to light issues that need to be dealt with, Mr. Trump is not afraid to speak his mind! He may not give you goosebumps when he speaks, but he is certainly striking nerves with his personality and comments.
Mr. Trump has passion! This passion has been missing from the national scene for a while. Those who do display it are marginalized and made fun of. See the comments on Megyn Kelly’s discussion of Planned Parenthood. Why is this?
Imagine what would happen if you and I were as passionate about the things that are important to us as Mr. Trump or Mrs. Kelly? What would happen if in our everyday interactions at work, at school, at the grocery store or the gym, we displayed the kind of passion that provokes these strong reactions?
Of course, it is possible to be convincing and passionate about the wrong things. Think Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, or the person who is so passionate about football that they cannot talk about anything else.
Our country, however, is in crisis. The world is in crisis! And what are we talking about? We’re talking about couple of country singers are getting divorced. And whether a 150 year old flag is racist. We concern ourselves with the latest celebrity pictures, or the latest celebrity that filed for bankruptcy. We must stop allowing ourselves to be distracted by garbage and find our passion – passion for our country, passion for our families, passion for freedom, and passion for liberty.
It was passion for an idea that motivated the founding of this country. No one starts a war with such long odds if they aren’t passionate. Where is our passion?
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