Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

After her release, Corrie found a new purpose. Traveling around the world, she told her story and urged people to find healing and freedom through forgiveness. This pur pose was severely tested when she encountered one of the former guards who had beaten her beloved sister. He didn’t recognize her, but he had heard her message and been moved to change his life through the hope of forgiveness. He came and extended his hand to her. Corrie underwent intense inner struggle, but her passion was even stronger than her pain, and she offered her own hand in forgive ness. Corrie ten Boom’s faith, courage, and personal strength have inspired millions who have read her book or seen the movie based on her life, both called The Hiding Place. John F. Kennedy When John F. Kennedy was president of the United States, he demonstrated clear purpose in two major areas: He felt that he had to do something to help the poor and disadvantaged at home and abroad, and he felt that he had to develop an effective space program, placing America in the forefront of nations in regard to science and technology. Those two things, in my view, define his passion. In both pursuits, he felt his purpose was to create a sense of dignity for the American psyche. As a result, JFK inspired the nation to take care of those who were less fortunate, exemplified by his statement, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” In other words, he was asking his coun trymen to serve others rather than just themselves. To give

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