-What a leader is to me-
Leaders are guides; they give direction, encouragement, and inspiration. A leader stands tall, and is an example to follow. They put down base and carnal instinct, trading it for something bigger. Leaders are listeners, and humble, because good leaders sometimes follow. They may not know greed, and must face and overcome fear.
A righteous leader can not lead a healthy group of people in a direction that they do not want to go. Some leaders have tried, but this is not leadership it is something entirely different, this is manipulation. The leader becomes a tyrant and a dictator, forcing bondage upon a fearful people.
A true leader is known they have presence. Followers can sense a leader’s confidence and experience. Leaders make others feel safe. They protect and teach, they are patient, but not perfect. The leaders that are loved are the ones that are led and taught by the people. That is why leadership is not a role, but an experience, and a journey to embark upon everyday.
A leader must work the hardest in any group, and strive to set the bar to its highest height. Others will strive to do the same, run as far, and jump as high, so the setting of the bar is important.
A leader may find that they have as much faith in mankind as they do in themselves, and it may often waiver (remember, leaders are still growing and learning too). To be a leader is to sacrifice all of your desires, to grow in leadership is to transform yourself and what your desires are.
To be a leader is to accept responsibility for all those that you might lead, to make the choice to make a change; to be a light in the darkness, and a good friend for those that need one.
-Mission Statement of a leader-
It is for us to learn, to love, and to teach.
Then reach
The levels of clarity that enable us inner
Peace.
We bring order into the crazy nights,
We think for the thoughtless.
We ride in the eyes of the storms that plunder all of the world
On every side,
And at all hours of the day.
We have been armed with understanding,
Gifted with the powers of persuasion,
And
Tempered by the sands of time.
We were born in the rifts of chaos and thrown into the
Madness.
It is for us to fight until we can not,
And still some how we stand,
Finding in ourselves what we always knew,
but never fully understood.
We stand uniting a people.
We stand for, and because of our families.
We stand like great men have stood.
Throughout the history of our world,
And we will continue standing
Until time itself has passed away. |
