To Be a Leader

To be a leader is to be vulnerable -to meet the disapproving stares of others with the joy and certainty of God’s infinite love;

To be a leader is to be imperfect -to enjoy the enriching process of a new challenge with the hope and confidence of the Master;

To be a leader is to be naive -to believe the very best of all people in the love and acceptance of our Savior;

To be a leader is to be trusting -to disregard the dire projections of gloom for the joy and creativity of our Creator;

To be a leader is to be honest -to own our sinfulness with the sincerity and authenticity of the Spirit;

To be a leader is to be unique -to accept the wonderful gift of self, in the knowledge and understanding of community;

To be a leader is to be free -to welcome recurring waves of change with the awe and wonder of a child;

To be a leader is to be empowering -to share the exhilarating power of information in the establishment of inter-connectedness;

To be a leader is to be humble -to give the inestimable gift of flexibility with the grace and forgiveness of God;

To be a leader is to be whole -to know the startling reality that I am central, yet peripheral, in God’s plan for the world;

To be a leader is to be weak -to understand that I can rest in the hollow of God’s hand only in the total yielding and complete trusting of my child’s heart.

by Dee Bernhardt

Source: www.inspirationalarchive.com

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