leader?

had a good peacful day today.

went to church after shooting some. not doing too great, but will work it out. i know i can..sOo..not too worried.

anyway, after church went grabbed some fruits and bread and ate alone at the fountain at raffles city shopping center basement. was letting my mind wander and random thoughts flow in. slowly it collaced(coalesced?) into more substantial stuff.

was thinking about what it means to be a leader, in my idealistic mind.

learn.
teach.
empower.

i feel a leader must be able to learn at all times and improve. must be able to study and analyse every situation. be able to take comments and critiques and turn them into strengths. not only to learn new skills, but also to improve upon those already learnt and optimise them with input and feedback from whatever sources.

teach..more like educate. to be able to let someone learn a new skill or to think in a new way, to see things in a new light. then that person is made better, not only in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of ablity to learn and think. to learn something new is always a good thing, i feel.

after learning and passing the on whatever you can, i feel that one must empower those you taught to handle themselves. to be put in life context and let them use the skills and knowledge they learn. then when they truely use the skills or knowledge they learnt, they have really grown with the skills or knowledge.

rant rant rant

well..some thoughts that occupied my mind while having my solitude dinner.

then saw this on a t-shirt..liked it.

not all who wander are lost.

it's part of a longer thing that goes .. .. ..

all that is gold does not glitter,
not all those who wander are lost;
the old that is strong does not wither,
deep roots are not reached by the frost.
from the ashes a fire shall be woken,
a light from the shadows shall spring;
renenwed shall be blade that was broken,
the crownless again shall be king.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings.

i cannot find words to express what i am feeling now.
hopeful, recharged, at peace, eager for things to come, willing to help others find their way.

not as clear as i hope to be..but well..here are my thoughts for this particularly interesting sunday.=)