How do you create courage? You give a child a soul full of fears but then you also give him a heart full of curiosity. The drive to explore the world will drive him past his fears, breaking them down one by one until there is none left. Courage is not the lack of fear but rather having fears and be willing to face them.
For a child full of fears, change is scary. He seeks to maintain the status quo. And he attaches himself dearly to whatever is familiar in his world. Anything new entering this world is considered as a threat until proven otherwise.
How do you create leadership? You give that child a soul of a rebel but at the same time a heart of full of justice. He will question everything and reject the status quo. He listens to no other voice except that of his own, because leadership avoids politics and reaches only for inspiration.
A rebel child practices detachment. He knows the only thing that is constant in his universe is change. He accepts change readily and actually excels when the change is at its most drastic. So at what point does a rebel becomes a leader? He becomes one when he learns the balance between attachment and detachment. This is why the best teacher for a rebel child is a child full of fears. And inversely the best teacher for Sam is me.
For a child full of fears, change is scary. He seeks to maintain the status quo. And he attaches himself dearly to whatever is familiar in his world. Anything new entering this world is considered as a threat until proven otherwise.
How do you create leadership? You give that child a soul of a rebel but at the same time a heart of full of justice. He will question everything and reject the status quo. He listens to no other voice except that of his own, because leadership avoids politics and reaches only for inspiration.
A rebel child practices detachment. He knows the only thing that is constant in his universe is change. He accepts change readily and actually excels when the change is at its most drastic. So at what point does a rebel becomes a leader? He becomes one when he learns the balance between attachment and detachment. This is why the best teacher for a rebel child is a child full of fears. And inversely the best teacher for Sam is me.
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