Tuesday, June 24, 2008
7:18 PM | Hey there, its yours to change.
Hey guys, sorry for all the tags in the tag board, didnt have the email at first. Anyway, for those who are still figuring out about why commitment and involvement can be two seperate matters, here it goes.
Picture yourself in a normal car ride to play. Your Dad drives you, you blast the music, you laugh at the jokes you recieve via sms and you talk to your Dad about your life in school. Your Dad however would only reply you "hm" "okay." "Really?".
Now think about this, what if you were the one driving? Things will be much more different! The ride wouldnt be as fun anymore. You have the responsibility to get the passengers from a place to another! You have to be concerned about the welfare of the passengers! A mistake would spell serious disaster.
There's a sense of ownership too. Ownership is a pretty hard thing to achieve. Its not where you go like "hey man, stop pissing me off?" or "He shouldnt had done this!UGH" We have to take responsiblity for our own actions, know where our goal and target is, look into our attitudes and ask " is this a proper attitude that I should have?" As leaders, we're drivers! Not passengers! We MUST posses three VERY important things:1) Positive Attitude2) Persistant Fortitude (NOT STUBBORNESS)3) Purposeful Latitude ( something like flexibility and adaptability)
So my main point in summary is that, I hope the upcoming S3 batch would agree amongst themselves a goal,thats realistic and shared. A vision that everyone hopes to achieve. The burden in you that bugs you, saying "what have you contributed? Was my comments or actions constructive in moving us forward in that goal" For the S2, I hope you would seriously start considering what the post of being a councillor to you is. Is is just another burdern that you have to go through to achieve the high standards expected in life? Or is it really a place you can learn life skills and exprience, in order to make the people around you a better enviroment.
The council is yours to make, decide and mould. A transformation and revival is something we need every year, to renew and refresh ourselves for a higher target. Let's strive to achieve this together, and when our time has come, we can all say "Yes, it was a crazy ride, but we tried our best,and it was a life changing one"
---- In Best Regards, Isaac Liu.
