“All over the darkest clouds the Sun is always shining. It's just a matter of flying higher"

“All over the darkest clouds the Sun is always shining.

It’s just a matter of flying higher”

 
By Ciro Gabriel Avruj

There are many books concerning leadership that tell us about several full-size hypothesis… assumptions. We have already talked about the skills and attitudes that a leader must have. We have asked ourselves a thousand times the same question: is a leader born or he’s geared up? We have sought all the way through the History after examples which could let us see a way forward.

All these question marks are extremely useful as to distinguish who a true leader is. Over and over again we get confused and fall in mystifying a man who, at any given time or circumstances, is forced to exercise the leading role of managing others, take decisions and get things done… We get confused and forget that an accurate leader is that one who has the character and spiritual strength as to know what kind of person he truly is and why is he so keen on serving the common good. It is full of relevance to discern and put in the picture the difference between these two types of personalities.
 
At this point we observe that this hypothesis is unable to help us. Those theories require intellectual development plus the learning of formulas and guidelines previously given by others. Of course, this is important at the time to acquire the concepts and learn why true leaders – and their guidance- can be remembered and admired. It is also useful while attempting one self to be qualified as one. But I believe that true leadership goes further; it is a matter of searching for this attitude inside us, within ourselves; to look ahead for this motivation which encourages us in order to get what seems impossible… to persuade ourselves that it’s time to lift and start flying. All this goes beyond the best texts.

Let us take a brief look at the qualities of a true leader:

- He lives in a reliable manner, full of meanings and awareness about his human values, for they are a lifestyle; a leader fights for his ideals up to the end.
 
- He has an all-inclusive view of the proceedings and sees far-off beyond the surface.

- He is flexible, unlocked and courageous.

- He perceives each and every one challenge as an opportunity for growth.

- He is enthusiastic, an inspiring example for those surrounding him.

- He serves up the group and knows how to stimulate it.

- He looks for everybody’s wealth and impels them to seek out the path of truth and justice.

- He creates conditions of availability for his partners to become leaders of their own lives.

- He is aware of the underlying Oneness, and the coming together in the course of interrelationship between All that exists.

These statements help us to be aware of what are we talking about when we portray leadership. We see that it is an attitude towards Life that transcends any cyclical circumstances. An attitude achieved through cultivating the Self-awareness and, also, by the choices one makes at every moment, bearing in mind what is purposeful –or not- to our goals as Human Beings.

So, in front of the question: “is a leader born or he’s geared up?”… the answer is: the leader is born and he’s geared up throughout his whole life… only and if he’s wide aware of the challenges that Life poses.

The leader builds up bridges. It is clear to him where he wants to come and finds out the ways that gets him into the chosen direction.

Life is what it is, not what our way of thinking wishes should be.

The mind is a powerful tool that can help the Soul to self structure highly and the Light to shine. But, if we do not train it, the mind itself is a double-edged sword. By the mind we can cause much harm to others and ourselves, thus it is also gifted for creating wonders. That’s why the magnitude of learning to discern. This means listening to the heart.
 
Nowadays, with the plentiful distractions available all over out there, the fake models that the Media show to us, the societal problems, the de-education at schools, the families disintegration and so on… the entire maintenance of a fair and awakened mentality has been turned into a full-size challenge.

Our external situations exert a major influence on us and quite often, they fill us up with fear. The fear paralyzes us and holds back progress. We are free to experiment it, though not usually it serves us up if our aim is sky-scraping and unselfish.

That's why it is so important the self-knowing as well as the enlargement of an own visualization. The largest vision we can allow ourselves to dream. Always, taking into account that the "external" does not exist.

Hence, I believe that we must find the leadership inside. Deep in our heart we all are leaders. A number of us can recognize it; others do not. Some choose to exercise it; others do not...
 

What for are we here?

We come into this three-dimensional world to acquire skills and to experience them.

We come to be perceptive towards ourselves as the real wonder that we are.

We are multidimensional Beings co living on Earth as physical bodies which seem to be separated from each other.  However, all types of investigations show that we are interconnected, interrelated and only One. 

Consequently, everything we do affects the comprehensive context. This entrust us and, in addition, confers us the responsibility of knowing and accepting that we are part of a larger body.

We did not come to this world just to survive or lead a second-rate Life but to develop and carry out the task of raising the Living Standards of All.

Therefore… let’s live the best version of ourselves!

There are some words which I love. They began popping up everywhere several years ago, and have come to mean so much to so many people, included me too. This passage is commonly mis-attributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Address. Not only was it not written by him but, also, it is not quoted in either of his two Inaugural Speeches. Actually, they come from Marianne Williamson’s book, ‘A Return to Love' (1992).  I find out that this paragraph is entirely related to my preceding analysis:


FEAR OF LIGHT

"...Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
 

I became conscious on how this message so exceptionally powerful is.

If only a small number of people like us would be as committed as we are…

If they could be ready to accept it, team up and truly come together to work in harmony… the world would be quite different.

But, please, do not take it as a utopia.

Let’s feel it.

Let’s be aware of it.  

Let’s go through this experience.

With perseverance, tenacity and willingness let us make it evident in facts.

I entrust.

Please: hand over! Let us all join and live this full of meaning message!

Yes we can!