All of us should consider the blessings that our current president bestows upon us. For example, the blessing of “consistency.”

One of the key elements of leading is consistency. Whether it is in the office, at home, in school, on a sports field, or during an emergency situation, knowing that there is someone in charge who will be consistent in decision making and and solid follow through. Nobody enjoys working for a boss that changes policy on a whim, or a parent who is strict some times and indulgent at others, or dealing with special treatment for some but not others in a school setting, or a referee or umpire who calls plays inconsistently, or chaos during an emergency.

Calm, rational, consistent leadership improves every situation, keeps people safer, and costs less in the long run.

Our current president does not practice consistency in any facet of his leadership. Tariffs have fluctuated wildly, negatively impacting our global standing. Funding of several government agencies have been crushed, creating chaos in people’s lives. And some enormous policy changes have caused starvation, illness, and death here and abroad.

Internationally, our reputation for consistent leadership is currently in tatters. Were we always the perfect heroes we liked to think of ourselves in the past? Sadly, no. But these days, very few countries have been treated with consistency by our government. Whether it be fluctuating levels of the aforementioned tariffs, insults and mockery and accusations of other countries ripping us off, or threats to take over entire countries (Canada, Greenland, and Cuba, for example), our government has shocked and dismayed the world.

Additionally, our government either kidnapped or captured (depending on the news source you follow, another inconsistency) the Venezuelan leader and then took that country’s oil. We also allowed our own Puerto Rico as well as Cuba to suffer without power as we ignored people suffering on both islands, despite the USA’s history of being the country that supported people in need. And most recently, our government joined Israel to go to war with Iran “to protect us from imminent nuclear weapons” which our current president claimed to have “obliterated” months ago. As a result, Americans have been left reeling from the chaos.

So many of us are left wondering what the actual plan is, what decisions and/or reports, and/or presidential quotes can be relied upon, trusted, and/or believed. This is not consistency; it is a recipe for disaster.

But all of this does give us the blessing of being inspired to really look at what is happening. The best way to do this is by taking in a wide variety of sources so we avoid just being programmed by one point-of-view that might be more spin and public relations than truth. Once we gather a cross-section of sourced reports, we can see established patterns, make time to sit with what our current president says over a period of time on a specific subject (like the war with Iran), and see whether our leader is being consistent and informative, or inconsistent and confusing. We can reflect and make our own decisions from there.

We The People need to decide for ourselves what we are comfortable with and what we want our leaders to project for our country. Consistency expresses strength. Chaos expresses weakness. Where do you believe we are these days? And how would we prefer our country’s leadership to lead? The answer should be important to all of us.