In light of the recent events in our country, I feel compelled to share this message with the leaders within our society, both future and current. It isn’t what you may think. It isn’t about the obvious themes of racism, hate or politics, but of their influencing principles of trust, communication and leadership.
Trust is such a rare commodity in our society but it is vital to bring people together, have them share a common vision and achieve a state of unity. We don’t have trust issues because we are unable to trust each other, we have them because we are unable to trust ourselves. There is a part of us that we fail to trust, that exists outside of prejudice, pride and labels; that human part of ourselves that was there before we accepted the conditioning and opinions and beliefs of others. We need to go there, connect with it, trust it and listen to it.
Communication is an exchange of meaning between people or any thing with a message to share. We communicate with words but sometimes words are not enough and we exchange thoughts, ideas, perceptions and cries for help in other ways. It is important for us to know that if we communicate ideas with others that trust in our message, we are responsible for how they may act on these ideas. It is important for us to know that we naturally resort to the most effective means to communicate or in some cases the only means afforded that will have our message heard. It is important for us to know that in communicating, it is equally important to be able to express ourselves as it is to understand each other.
Leadership is an awareness of the responsibility that you have to those with whom you communicate and those who trust in your message. Based on this, we are all leaders in our own right; within our households, our online followers, our circles of friends, our communities and our supporter base. True leadership is collective and we all need to have an awareness of our responsibility.
