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“I hold that hope, thus defined, is absolutely essential to both sanity and wholeness of life.”
― The Power of Servant-Leadership
― The Power of Servant-Leadership
“One must not be afraid of a little silence. Some find silence awkward or oppressive, but a relaxed approach to dialogue will include the welcoming of some silence. It is often a devastating question to ask oneself-but it is sometimes important to ask it"In saying what I have in mind will I really improve on the silence?”
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
“The servant-leader is servant first, it begins with a natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first, as opposed to, wanting power, influence, fame, or wealth.”
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
“But perhaps the greatest threat is that we lack the mechanism of consensus, a way of making up our collective minds.”
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
― Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
“Today, I slept in until 10,
Cleaned every dish I own,
Fought with the bank,
Took care of paperwork.
You and I might have different definitions of adulthood.
I don’t work for salary, I didn’t graduate from college,
But I don’t speak for others anymore,
And I don’t regret anything I can’t genuinely apologize for.
And my mother is proud of me.
I burnt down a house of depression,
I painted over murals of greyscale,
And it was hard to rewrite my life into one I wanted to live
But today, I want to live.
I didn’t salivate over sharp knives,
Or envy the boy who tossed himself off the Brooklyn bridge.
I just cleaned my bathroom,
did the laundry,
called my brother.
Told him, “it was a good day.”
―
Cleaned every dish I own,
Fought with the bank,
Took care of paperwork.
You and I might have different definitions of adulthood.
I don’t work for salary, I didn’t graduate from college,
But I don’t speak for others anymore,
And I don’t regret anything I can’t genuinely apologize for.
And my mother is proud of me.
I burnt down a house of depression,
I painted over murals of greyscale,
And it was hard to rewrite my life into one I wanted to live
But today, I want to live.
I didn’t salivate over sharp knives,
Or envy the boy who tossed himself off the Brooklyn bridge.
I just cleaned my bathroom,
did the laundry,
called my brother.
Told him, “it was a good day.”
―
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