The last time I checked the Pope was the leader of the Catholic Church. I remember when it was time to elect the new pope several of my friends here had their candidate and even prayed special mass for one of our own to be chosen. No doubt the leader of an organization speaks volumes about the future of that organization. There is something they know that the rest of us are not privy to.
As a leader, you model what you want to see. You stir your organization in the direction you want it to go. Mr T was elected partly based on the promise of “America First”. It doesn’t matter if you agree with him or not, when you become you can initiate and champion your own agenda. Even if you think Pope or Mr T or any leader for that matter is not doing well, politically and positionally speaking you cannot be more Catholic than the Pope or more American than Mr T
Think of America as an organization and the Catholic Church as an organization, then see yourself as the pope of your organization. If you were a young man, you took a wife and you began to raise a family, then think yourself as the pope of that organization that you began to raise, that is, your family. You have to rise up daily to challenges that confront you at the family level. It may not be tsunami or corona but it could erode you mentally, emotionally, economically, socially and so on.
It then behoves you to not only care for it today but to model the future you want to see or be remembered for in your family. We must stop seeing someone else as a leader and counting ourselves out of leadership roles. You are as important in your spot as the pope is and as Mr T is in his spot at the Oval Office. Every principle you adopt, every decision you make, everything you ignore counts, to some degree. This is important.
So the next time you criticize any leader, do not end that criticism until you have asked yourself “what would I do differently in his spot?”. Why would I do it differently? I am talking about decisions made in real time without the benefit of hindsight. In hindsight, everybody sees clearly and everybody knows better. If you analyze anybody in hindsight you would have done better than he did because you have the added advantage of hindsight but if you put yourself in the shoes of the fellow as it is happening…let me tell you, you will probably do worse.
Coronavirus is here and everybody is talking. Some are mad some irritated and some just fearful of the unknown expecting the leaders to do magic. They are doing the best they know and they mean well for us. Can we really be more Catholic than the Pope? We have to be patient, be obedient and follow simple instructions. As they know better they will make better decisions and they will instruct us on better ways to handle the situation and emerging situations.
On your own, while you complain and whine maybe because you are bored at home, what do you contribute? Are you part of the problem or the solution? The world is waiting for you to find the cure for corona virus. Don’t you know that? Haven’t you figured it out? Now you got the challenge. Do something about it other than complain. Have a nice day folks
@MezieOkolo
03/26/2020