The Leader

First of all, I would like to dedicate my 8th blog for this special day in the history of the Philippines, because today is the day one of our heroes was born, Andres Bonifacio. Its been 150 years since Bonifacio was born and still the Filipinos continue to honour this day.

Let me tell you a little background about Bonifacio. He is said to be father of Katipunan or also known as K.K.K, which is a secret organization which seeks and hungers for independence from the Spaniards for Bonifacio believes that the only way to achieve independence was to overthrow the Spanish Government ruling in the Philippines. Bonifacio is a great person and a great leader who have many dreams for his country and his fellow Filipinos. He inspired the Filipinos to join him and fight for their country. He opened the eyes of the other countries who is under the rule of another country that it is unfair that other countries is ruling their country and he is the one that made others realized that the 'Filipinos are worth dying for' just like Senator Ninoy Aquino, the father of our current president. That my friends is a great leader.

So what do you think is a good leader? Does a person with good looks makes them a good leader? Hahahah Of course not. Well if you would notice, most leaders in the world are good looking except of course for Hitler. hahahaha. But don't get me wrong my friends. The truth is I admire Hitler. Suprising? Well because Hitler has many talents and espeacially his expertise in public speaking that would really touch the hearts of the people listening to him. However he used all of this things not for good but for evil.

You see I never agree that some people said that not all can be a leader because I believe that everybody can be a leader because there are no people on earth who is born to be a leader. You have to earn it, work hard for it to make yourself become a leader. Agree? Well what does a leader must have and must do to make him a great leader?

A leader is a person that won't leave his subjects at any times, a leader will always be happy to serve his subjects, a leader listens to his people, a leader inspires his people to be the best, a leader must have commitment, a leader must be honest,  a leader must be responsible, a leader must be good in public speaking, a leader must always be ready to take risks and sacrifices, a leader must always be humble to the earth and most importantly  a leader must have a good attitude.

Do we need to have this abilities to become a leader? No, just like I said being a leader is learned and earned. Let me tell you my experience. You see the Jeff that my friends know today is an outgoing, fat, funny, friendly, insensitive kind of person. But back during my first year in high school, Jeff is a shy person who would not dare to speak in public or talk with other people. So what do you think changed me? I changed because I was given the oppurtunity to become a leader. I began to be exposed in several occasion and public speaking and seminars and so on. I began to meet many people and so it trained me to be more sociable, hehehehe. So as time goes by, the word SHY was gone in my dictionary. So being a leader really taught me a lot and I am thankful that I am like this now. But I can't gurantee myself as a good leader for I know there are others out there who are better than me. Now I decided to rest and to whoever will lead me, I could assure them that I will remain faithful to them.

So my fellow friends, we could say that being a leader is hard and have many responsibilities. But at the back of it you will learn and realize many things. However it is your decision always to accept your destiny to become a leader. I am not forcing you, after all, everybody can be a leader.

Thanks for reading sirs and maams, Happy Bonifacio day to all and God bless