First of all, I do not wish to be a leader. First: I wish to be a follower. What star, then, am I following? I aim to follow what I will call the divine star. The divine star stands for all that is glorious in creation, for what is unfolding, the best that is yet to come: it is potential in a nutshell.
The Christians among us will recognise the language Thy will be done: what is thy will? And what is thy will in each situation? Without attempting to sense thy will, asking for thy will to be done is a pious hope. Great spiritual leaders sense the divine will. Their only wish is to be in accord with it.
Let me go further and say that all leaders, certainly all great leaders, must be followers. What is it that they are following? They are following their vision. They see how things are not. They see how things can be, and they set off in that direction.
A great leader who is not following such a vision is merely contemplating, getting ready for the off. That leader may be waiting for the vision to come. But a leader who is leading others who does not have such a vision is bereft, and may lead their followers onto the rocks.
Get your vision. And if you haven’t yet got a vision, what are you waiting for?
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