February 17, 2012 – Wisdom 6

You wonder why anyone would take on a leadership role.  There is so much responsibility.  Not only to do the job that you are asking for, but the responsibility to lead people morally.  I am not sure if most people that take on roles now have that same sense that they are responsible for people on a moral level.  When you lead someone in a direction that is not moral, you are responsible for them to a certain degree.  In many ways, the decline in people thinking there are not really any morals gives people an out that they don’t feel this responsibility.  But it is still there.

That got me thinking about how leaders used to be selected by birth and now they are more voluntary.  You used to be born into the role as king or queen and the responsibility of the leading the people was not a choice you made but one you were stuck with.  Now, people choose to be in the leader role, no one forces a person to be President or Senator.  For that reason, I think they are held to a higher standard when it comes to the morals of those below them.  Yet, it also leads to those seeking these roles for reasons of greed and power lust.  When you choose to take on a leadership role today, you are taking on so much responsibility that has nothing to do with the job description.  That is why it is even more disappointing when you see the behavior and attitudes of those that we see in charge.