Have you ever felt like telling someone your challenges, but no one seemed to care to hear but to demand 'perfect leadership'?
Have you ever cried silently because the demands are more than you can carry?
This is the cry of a leader. Every one expects an utopia from you, but you can get that only in Heaven.
Whether your subordinates or followers understand that you're crying or not, you've got to be the leader.
You could get remarks like "I'm disappointed in you!", or "You don't even consider people before you take decisions!". All these come at the same time and your head is filled with so many responsibilities to handle. Just as you retreat to handle these, some others come like "You're supposed to have done this, but you're slow!".
Most times you're in distress and there's no one to call, no one to encourage on the other hand.
Sometime you might cry "Oh! God! Deliver me from leadership". Most times you might have gotten a call from home and someone dear to you is down with an illness. But because you're the leader, everyone expects you to be alright at all times. Many conclude with fictitious remarks even before hearing you out!
Oh! The silent tears of a leader, who can see?
But one thing I believe is that when you put your trust in man, you fail woefully. Blessed is he that puts trust in God rather than in man. Trust in God when you pass through these wilderness experiences and you'll come through.
Even those who despise you might get discouraged if you give up, so for the love of Christ and for them, do not give up. Leadership is a learning process, you'll learn the easy way and more often the hard way. It''ll never suit you. Don't expect to be comfortable as a leader. Get ready to be despised by some, respected by the others on the other hand.
I believe one day we'll all learn to work better as members of the commonwealth of Heaven.
I believe one day every leader passing through a challenge will rejoice.
I believe one day those tears which no one care to see will be wiped away.
I believe one day those pains in the heart which everyone interprets as "hardness of heart" will be taken away.
I believe one day I'll be a better leader.
Onwuka Ikpa.
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