The little chap who follows Me

I'd extracted this poem from the book Developing the leaders within you by John Maxwell. It illustrate the importance of Fatherhood as a leader.

A careful man I want to be,

A little fellow who follow me;

I do not dare to go astray

for he'll go the self-same way.

I cannot once escape his eyes.

Whate'ver he sees me do he tries.

Like ME he say he's going to be -

That little chap who follows me.

I must remember as I go

Through the summer suns and winter snows,

I am building for the years to be -

That little chap who follows me.

As leaders we are called to walk the talk. To set good examples to our subordinates, co workers and most importantly in the family. The family is the basis structure of any communities. It is here we first learn the concept of leadership. However, not all families are alike. Even though a father with poor leadership exemplary is often become the reference point on how the children going to behave as an adult. However we are not prisoners to this circumstances as we all have the power to choose how we want to turn out to be in life.

I am glad to be associated to the toastmaster organisation as I have learned and am still learning the ways of a leader. Taking up roles in the club give us the opportunity to grow and experience on the many hats worn by the leader. The path of a leader is never easy but true growth is in overcoming challenges that obstruct us to our goals.

People may say that they do not want to take up any leadership roles for fear of rejection, commitment and etc. Whether or not we want to accept , we are already holding such responsibilites in our family life.