This short essay was first published by the Voice Newspaper in 2000 prior to the 2000 elections.
No one really grows old, only their ideals and values become antiquated and impractical. The human spirit is immortal. Children keep parents young. Great ideas keep the human intellect healthy. Knowledge and intellectual curiosity keep the mind alert. A conservative young voter refuses to envision a future. A radical young voter is angry and impatient for change. A thoughtful, caring and informed young voter is a citizen. Their vote is equal to their parents vote. Their thoughts on politics and society’s concerns are as valid as their parents and more so because, they must bear the burdens of the future.
Our actions and thoughts create our reality. They create the world we live in . If we imagine death and destruction, chaos and contempt, then this is what we will become. If we imagine health, wealth, happiness, world peace and prosperity, and freedom and liberty as never before realized by Humanity, this is what we will receive. We are creations of our own imaginations. What we do each minute depends on our thoughts, which create our actions. We see ourselves fail before we fail. We see ourselves succeed before we succeed. We visualize our destiny. How hard we concentrate and visualize on whatever we desire, manifests as our reality.
A young voter must envision the future with thoughts of hope, world peace, global health and prosperity. Then he or she must look to and vote for those, who offer a real way to achieve a great future for all Americans, and to live in harmony with the rest of the world. Young voters must look at their governments, schools and companies, trades and professions, that advance the dignity and health of humanity and the environment. Young voters must look to leaders who will lead the world to great and wonderful changes, by visualizing themselves as leaders of a new and wonderful, peaceful and environmentally safe and perfect world. Young and old voters must visualize themselves as citizens of the United States, or what ever country they are from, with guaranteed human rights and freedoms of true and free elections, with multiple political ideas and candidates, freely and publicly debating each other for all seats in local, state and federal governments.
Always vote your conscience, by listening to and looking seriously at all candidates regardless of political parties. You must ask who are sponsoring them? Who do they truly represent? Are they capable of handling the demands of the office they seek? As young voters you do not need to vote as your parents vote. You have your own ideas and desires, and dreams of the future. Voting for your leaders in fair elections, is the only way you will insure your conscience is clear,and your duty as a citizen has been done. I ask that you read, learn, and listen to all candidates, who speak to you as intelligent young voters. This is how you learn the truth about a candidate and become responsible citizens, that create great changes, by believing in a great future for your country , yourselves, and future generations.
L.A. Steel
Independent, Write In, Presidential Candidate for 2016
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