In my time here at PC, I have met some really "intelligent" and nice people that struggle so much because of the kind of environment we have now in society.

We live in a world of so many suffering from stress and depression, so many on medications just to help them function now. In my generation, honestly "antidepressants" were not the norm like they are today. I find this very troubling.

What I "do" see more an more of is "anger" in our society today, and some "very strange" efforts are being made to "push others around" more than setting examples of "actually communicating and problem solving" in a more "coopertive and respectful manner". Our entire societal mood right now has way too much "anger" and resentments going on. It is everywhere and was "very obvious in our past election". No matter what party you leaned toward, try to really sit back and "think" about how our political leaders really "behaved" in this past election process. One huge red flag that I saw was the VP debate and how Joe Biden "laughed and smirked at every point his opponent was making". Honestly, wow, the fact that some people thought it was "some kind of brilliant" just totally floored me. That behavior was absolutely direspectful to "we the people" who have to decide "who to hire" for our leadership. Bullies? umm let me think about "how a bully behaves towards others", they laugh at others and put them down. I guess somehow on some level we have decided that is "acceptable" somehow.

To me, a true "leader" is one that has the "intellect" to put an end to this problem, "not to promote it".
A true "leader" doesn't just stand solid and "point a finger" and "blame" either. A leader, a true intellect, steps up to the plate and actually begins the "exchange of ideas to find a resolve and direction in a respectful manner". A "leader" is not just someone who says they "want to discuss issues, yet never really actually "has a true discussion" but instead simply says, "I wanted to discuss it but so and so didn't let that happen and just wants to continue pointing a finger". A leader is not someone who "stresses a nation" but someone who encourages "independant strength and desire to thrive and an environment in which that can actually take place, not an environment of the kind of "bullies" we are encountering in today's environment. A "leader" is not someone who devotes most of their efforts and dialouge towards defacing some kind of "opposition" but instead, steps forward with a plan and bright ideas and intellectual exchanges directed at "we the people" "inspite of the opposition". A leader is not just someone who can "identify" a need or void within a system with colorful words, but someone who can present "real solutions that our nation can afford to slowly put in place". A leader is not how a person has to have "everyone on their side of the political party system, but someone who can "unite the parties" understanding that the opposing party is there because it reflects the choice of many of "we the people". And the foundation of what our country was fundamentally designed to be:

"This simple approach is all about reaffirming people's freedom to choose. When you ask someone to do something, you add on the sentiment that they are free to choose."