Spirit of Leadership

LEADING WITHOUT LEADERSHIP illness, but in light of what we were originally created to be, this is a reality. Some of our motivational leaders are mentally dam aged. Many of our news celebrities suffer from mental illness. Our state legislatures and assemblies, national congresses, houses of parliament, and supreme courts are incubators for the mentally ill. I’m not referring to people in an insane asylum. When I use the term mental illness, I am not referring to the medical definition of being psychologically incapable of sound judgment in relation to what we call normal in our societies. In the context of our discussion, I am referring to the inherent mental defect in every human being that resulted from our detachment from our Creator-Source. I am referring to the confusion we all face with regard to discovering our identity, self-worth, self-image, self esteem, and sense of destiny. Men and women of every nation, race, culture, status, and socioeconomic context all seem to be doing everything imaginable to fulfill their deep internal desires to find pur pose, significance, value, and worth. A study of our modern and postmodern societies will reveal that no matter how sophisticated we may believe we are, we are still haunted by a passion to know who we really are. Many have tried even destructive behaviors to make some sense of their lives. • They have power without purpose. • They have money without meaning. • They have position without a passion for living. • They have houses but not homes.

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