| 19 Apr 2015 |
| PRACTISE BEING UNSELFISH (2) |
| 'Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being.' 1 Corinthians 10:24 |
| Great
leaders often have great egos, and therein lies great danger. In 'The
Empowered Communicator', Calvin Miller uses the form of a letter to
describe this problem and the negative impact it has: 'Dear speaker,
your ego has become a wall between yourself and me. You're not really
concerned about me, are you? You're mostly concerned about whether or
not this speech is really working...about whether or not you're doing a
good job. You're really afraid that I will not applaud, aren't you?
You're afraid that I won't laugh at your jokes or cry over your
emotional anecdotes. You're so caught up in the issue of how I'm going
to receive your speech, you haven't thought much about me at all. I
might have loved you, but you're so caught up in self-love that mine is
really unnecessary. If I don't give you my attention it's because I feel
so unnecessary here. When I see you at the microphone, I see Narcissus
at his mirror...Is your tie straight? Is your hair straight? Is your
deportment impeccable? Is your phraseology perfect? You seem in control
of everything, but your audience. You see everything so well, but us.
But this blindness to us, I'm afraid, has made us deaf to you. We must
go now. Sorry. Call us sometime later. We'll come back to you when
you're real enough to see us...after your dreams have been
shattered...after your heart has been broken...after your arrogance has
been wrecked with despair. Then there will be room for all of us in your
world. Then you won't care if we applaud your brilliance. You'll be one
of us.'
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