Leaders

There are times in the affairs of people when individuals respond to the feelings, sensitivities, and awareness within their minds and hearts. They understand feelings of sorrow, pain, and suffering. They are sensitive to prejudice and injustice, and have awareness as to what needs to be done to change the world, even if it is only in their own "back yard."

Sometimes an occasion will arise where through inspiration given or through ideas expressed, one stands out. Those individuals are often called leaders. They need not be at the head of organizations, they need not be elected to positions, they need not be at the head of a pack or group, but simply and quietly they use whatever gifts they possess to bring about change, in humility and with respect for others. These individuals are leaders.

It could even be said that leaders have obligations to selves and others to "lead" in their own ways, but the bottom line is that they are leaders. The best leaders are individuals who demonstrate by example not by word alone. They "show" the way; they are followed. Leaders are often respected and given the title of leader. They do not request this but if they are recognized for who and what they are, so much the better.