Where are we going?

Since Rob is home sick today we are thinking more about the current situation in the world and especially where we sit right now in London. So much is going on in Iraq and Iran and England is playing a very big role.

I was chatting with a friend of mine on Monday and we were discussing how totally chaotic the situation is in schools right now. Kids seem to know that the big people really don't know what they are doing and so the level of respect that is usually accorded adults is completely missing.

At a school in the Midlands a couple of weeks ago, a young girl told me that they can figure out within about 15 seconds what a teacher is like and how much they can get away with. She said that they regularly had teachers in tears. For them, it was a kind of sport. Yet, they also knew who they couldn't do that with and who they had to buckle down and work for.

They aren't stupid, they know what's what and they don't much like it either. The kids and the rest of us are looking for enlightened and compassionate leadership. This doesn't mean weak - it means compassionate enough to know that real love has boundaries and strength.

I welcome your thoughts and your own personal experience in this area.

Love
Ellen