While I had a good understanding of leadership styles and
self-leadership definitions I recently learned through my first class at ACU
that self-motivation is
imperative to realizing a Christian vocation or calling.
I
was visiting with my adult children at college last night in Stephenville, and
the idea of a calling came up in conversation. One child and his fiancé (now
wife) are active in the church, and the
other and her fiancé are not, but we all came up with the idea that a calling
is something you can’t, or rather shouldn’t, ignore. It is that passion that
doesn’t just better you as a person, but we all came to a consensus that Rick
Lytle’s week 10 “Cornerstone 2011” YouTube video supported that an individual’s
calling should “add value to the lives of the people around you.”
I
rebelled for years and two careers before becoming a teacher. Even then, I did
not begin to fathom I would become a leader or “the boss.” I became a teacher
while working in research for my English master’s degree. I was midway through
my thesis when I was placed in a classroom as a teaching assistant, with three
days’ notice, because of high enrollment, and so began my career in education.
I
am truly blessed enough to not only get to do what I love, but I also have the
capacity to serve others so they may discover their
calling as well which leads me to leadership. My
personal goal with leadership is to enable others to discover their calling.
It isn’t about money or things, but rather, it is about
people: students, parents, teachers, humanity!
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