Born to Lead or Born to Follow?

You can look at the health of our nation from many different perspectives - moral, political, financial, to name just a few - but whichever you choose, a good case could be made that we have more than our fair share of problems to deal with.

As for moral, I live by a high moral standard and hope that I set a good example.

As for political, well, I was a Political Science major at Rutgers so I know a lot about the subject, but I personally stay out of any conversations about politics. We have elected officials who will in due time have to answer, as we all do, to a Higher Power for their words and actions.

The physical health of our nation is something that deeply concerns me. If we are friends on Facebook or you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am outspoken about how we are all responsible for the financial health of our nation because our actions, or lack thereof, all contribute to the financial burden that is placed on our nation's financial resources.

I am a staunch advocate of healthy living and making positive lifestyle choices because the cost of health care in this country is staggering. For that very reason, I keep seeking every day for people to follow me on a path on which regular exercise, eating nutritiously and making every effort to optimize our quality of life are the only choices that we should be making.

Being healthy is far cheaper than being unhealthy. Preventative medicine, of which exercise and diet are key parts, is so much more cost effective than health insurance. We pay exorbitant amounts of money so that when we or someone else gets sick, we can share the costs. But when that someone else could care less about the way that they live or the way that they eat and they get sick all of the time, that just plain hurts our collective financial situations.

I cannot do much about where other people want to lead us and the paths that they want to take us down except to keep seeking with a louder and louder voice, those who will follow the sensible and healthy path in life and reap its rewards.

My Dad was a father and he taught me to be independent. I have always been a leader and not a follower. I believe that most of you were born to lead and grew up wanting to lead a good life. The question is, what is the "good" life that you want and were born to lead?

Sincerely,

Rich Dafter
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