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In 1952, Margaret Thatcher's father was driven out of office when a rival

political party won a majority in the election. His position wasn't a particularly partisan one,

so it surprised him and most people when his head came up on the chopping block. Her father was

upset. He was hurt. He could have reacted in a way driven by

those emotions, but he didn't. Was he thinking that in the process he would teach his daughter a

lifelong lesson? No, but that was what had happened, which is why we must always remember.

A little fellow follows us. Instead of getting angry, instead of lashing out, her father made a statement of incredible

restraint and dignity. It is almost nine years since I took up these robes in honor, he said,

and now I trust in honor that they are laid down. Although I have toppled over, I have fallen on my

feet. My own feeling is that I was content to be in and I am content to be out.

We could say that what he was doing was showing his daughter how to lose with grace.

He was showing her that external circumstances don't make the man or the woman, only how we respond.

He was showing her how to bear adversity and how never to surrender your poise or

self-control. And these would be lessons that Thatcher would use in her own tumultuous life as a public

servant, as a prime minister, and as a mother, things she would think of even long after her father

had passed away. Your kids will need this too. So show them, show them by example,

not just words. Show them when it really hurts when you've been screwed over. Still, that your

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