A healthy step - mentally.

I had done a fine job of doing a new post and of course as cyber world would have it, lost all the info.  It was a good post too.  I'll have to get down the basic idea, but I know it's just not going to rock as well as my first draft.

Being a leader is not about being in a position of superiority or power or instilling fear.  That just makes you higher up the ladder.  The position or pay cheque itself does not make you a leader. I am not in a corporate leader postion - I sell advertising and we have a team of 5 that completes the sales team.  It's made up of another sales lady, 2 layout ladies and 1 accounts lady.  I am not their boss or manager.  I do however feel a sense of responsibilty for them, I'll sometimes speak up on behalf of the group, take the initiative etc.  That is in my nature.

A leader is someone (in my humble opinion) that can  pull themselves out of the mire and encourage the troops when things are not going so well.  To lift their spirits and to show them that there is in fact light at the end of the tunnel.  It is to pull them up when they can't do it themselves. To lead by example  I call the rest of the ladies on 'my' team as 'my ladies'.  I was in no position to lift them out of the dirt last week as I was down there with them, and I couldn't figure out how to pull myself out of the pit, let alone them. After giving myself mental slaps and chats this weekend I came into the office fortified.  I know that though I cannot control outside forces I can control myself.  Since I've decided to pull myself toward myself again with my diet, I feel control in other aspects too.  Plus I had my little candle of light.  Even in the darkest places, light can shine through and cut the blackness.

I lit my little candle, breathed in the little bit of warmth it created and got into "being" mode.  Just be.  In that mode there is a delicious quiteness of the mind, it's rich, it's golden and it's powerful.  It resonates in every fibre and every living cell.  You know in that mode that all is possible.  I drew my strength from that spoke encouraging words to my ladies.  Do the best job you can do while on the job, do it with a smile, give of your best because "they" cannot take that away from you, don't let them point figures and say that you didn't do you job well.

By being in control again of myself it can filter into other aspects and slowly, one step by one step I can take more control of those other aspects

All health is wealth!