Prayer for a god

On May 09, 2010, in Skills and abilities, by Neculai Fantanaru

Evaluate well your qualities and limitations before picking up your leadership on some false pedestals.

Most of the leaders follow their ambitions till their old ages, more than anything. Animated by one thought, by a noble purpose, full of initiative, energetic almost until exhaustion, they act in good faith and a constructive spirit with the intention of building their road to success and keeping their position on the long term, facing manfully all the obstacles that stand in their way.

Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt, also had a great ambition, only one. That of bringing back in the Kingdom the presence of the divinities. However, ambitions are not quantifiable for those who fail to properly evaluate strengths and limitations.

The cripple god

The enemies are just as numerous on the inside as they are on the outside. Tutankhamun was feeble like a night butterfly, under no circumstances, an ambitious person with a strong character. This boy was not able even to shoot an arrow and, as one of his generals well said, even if he knew how to shoot it, he would not know where to aim”.

Before he was elected king, the high dignitaries thought they were assured that, thanks to his authority, the country will know wealth and glory. They were deeply wrong, because Tutankhamun, on one hand, did not have that leadership material, he was not a determined person, energetic, not a fearless fighter and, on the other hand, he suffered from a fatal evolutionary malady, which lead to decalcification, known as the “glass bone illness”.

Could be called Tutankhamun a king? A young man aching hopelessly – a poor cripple, a burden for his Kingdom, an object of reluctance for himself? Could be called king a forceless, a wreck, a remnant of man? Could be called king the one who would shake with emotions when he had to take a decision, one who at merely 19 years old did not have the force necessary to bend an elementary bow, instead of being vivacious like a squirrel, burning with desire of living intensely would fall prey to the fiercest suffering? Could you call a king a man who instead of dominating and controlling thousands of people with an exuberant energy, strength of character and determination, was always helped by someone to keep his balance?

Always leaning on a rood in order to stand upright, or not to tire, such a man can only be dominated by a powerful feeling of pessimism, can only be timorous and haunted by a strong feeling of inferiority, under no circumstance, he could not be penetrated by a powerful sense of duty.

A prayer for the dying

The atrocious disease was lethal to him. While he was  going down to the audience room, for an unseen and mysterious reason, Tutankhamun's stick slipped on the stairs, and he lost his balance, falling down the abrupt stairs. His head hit the edge of the column's pedestal. He died on the spot, without getting to say his last prayer.

The one who is meant to have a “body of clay”, not one of “light”, can never become a complete leader, just like the fluff of a dandelion cannot withstand a strong pale of wind.

You cannot trigger a man like this, and he cannot be better miraculously. Such a man cannot be put to sleep, and as soon as he enters a state of trance, in his hypnotic sleep, with his eyes closed, he may guess his illness and, still in his sleep, to order the proper medicine.

There is no medicine for the one who, with body and soul, have not been meant to become a leader. In order to be a leader, you must have both physical abilities, as well as native vocation. For the one he who lacks both of these characteristics, all he has left is to say a prayer or to take another road than that of the leadership.

Conclusion: The old proverb “the right person at the right place” is valid nowadays, as well. A leader must have the physical and mental force necessary to fulfill his destiny. Of course, some people seem to be born as leaders, seems as if their leadership abilities have been written in their DNA code, but, for most people, these abilities are the fruit of an endless work. However, to promote an unsuitable man to the position of a leader is a big mistake, which will end in a great failure.

Are you building your future on an illusion? Are you always relying on someone to make your leadership burden easier? Are you always using the resources of others to solve the problems which are of your responsibility?

Are you basing your desires on some erroneous beliefs?

Evaluate well your qualities and limitations before you picking up your leadership on some false pedestals. Remember that you cannot do anything durable on a fragile structure.

 

Note: Gerald Messadie - Mastile lui Tutankhamon, Editura Nemira, 2009.