No Courage No Leader

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. ­– William G.T. Shedd  

It is normal – some sort of comfort zone – to allow things to stay as they are. Why challenge the status-quo and cause possible trouble for yourself when nobody will dispute you if you take no action? 

Deep within our hearts we are left with that yearning for something bigger. It is that you are more than this thought that does not leave you. You must leave the known behind if you are to take hold of the desired. What you have always been will not take you to the place you heart craves after. It is true that if you always do what you have always done you will always be where you have always been. To leave the norm you must be courageous. A dear friend of mine desired to leave his norm of bachelorhood and get into the unknown of marriage but did not have a dime. I encouraged him to be bold and face up to the challenge. It was time for him to exemplify the things he had encouraged many with in the past. Today he is married. What do you lack courage to handle?

It takes courage to be a leader in any area. Many-a-folk desire to lead and set the pace in their chosen fields but lack the liver to take the necessary steps. You probably have thought that your parents weren’t bold enough to take the opportunities that came their ways but are you bold enough to sacrifice your need for security to step into your dream?

       A friend jokingly told us that he felt like throwing some punches at his father when he narrated to them how he turned down an opportunity to buy plots of land some years ago because he reasoned that development would take ages to get there. Now, ten years down the line, the same piece of land goes for millions. “My father lacked vision!” he exclaimed. Minutes later the same fellow turned down an offer of land because he reasoned it was too far from development. We all had a bigger laugh at him than we had at his father.