I've met some influential people in my life, most in the Salvation Army, but over my life I have definitely heard and met a lot of 'great' people, (Most by accident though). But through all this, one thing I've recognised is that I have a slight problem with respect. (or well lack of it, well i think I do atleast)

Talking as a generalisation (So don't start taking this personally), but I feel that my generation (and younger than me) have a problem with respect. Most times that we are put under a leader that we do not know, we can really put them under the microscope, till they earn our respect (if they ever do). This is kinda opposite to our parents/older generations, where being in Leadership automatically garnered you Respect, it was due!

So over the last year, I've met some great leaders, ones that could in reality change the world, do things that are far bigger than they already do, but the thing that really defines them to me as 'great' leaders is that they don't do everything they could do, they do everything that means something to them.

They're solid and convicted of a major idea in their life, and everything revolves and contributes to that one thing, and in reality, they remove anything that doesn't fit that Idea. This has been a huge thing for me. I've been a 'I can do everything' kind of person, I would love to try and be in everything, and well I have really taken on these examples, these people that I respect, as motivation to work out what is the core of what I want to do. I want to be a person that people respect, a person that has strong convictions and someone who is used where they are suppose to be used.

What that is? Hmmm still working it out, but maybe I guess that's why I'm trying everything till I find it, oh well....

PS. So that was good, I got all the way through that without using the "R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me" line, because I know if I did, I definitely would of lost your Respect. ;)

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Claire Bear said...
I agree with some of what you are saying... I also think that alot of the older generations have had lost respect for pretty justafiable reasons however. I think it is important to be able to distinguish between people who are filling our heads with rubbish and people who fill our heads with priceless knowledge and wisdom. The gift of discernment is needed in alot of places methinks.  

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