A soul for victory

On April 26, 2010, in Leadership that lasts, by Neculai Fantanaru

Put yourself completely in the service of a noble purpose, without detaching yourself from your consciousness.

It is a great deal to enjoy a name and a high social position. It is a great deal to be the devoted wife of a very wealthy man. Your name is renowned and becomes almost as famous as your husband. Nevertheless, at the same time, sometimes, in certain circumstances, the same thing can become a hell. And what a hell!

A human remnant, specially prepared for the grave

There are occasions, which shatter any visions and exceed any human anticipation, putting human will at a test. Elena de la Vega, the beloved wife of count Alejandro de la Vega, an extremely pure heart, a flower of innocence, a very delicate soul, was forced by the governmental agents of the United States of America, Pike and Harrington, to play the role of a spy.

Like a sheep good to be sacrificed, like a soul destined to perdition from the very beginning, Elena was sent to an extremely dangerous mission, without the two agents caring at all about her fate. She must win the trust of the malefic French Count Armand, the leader of the secret legion Orbis Unum, and to find out the way through which he wants to destroy America. She can't act on her own, but according to the will of the agents, she has no choice but to submit herself with rigor, thus putting her life in danger.

If you watched the movie "The Legend of Zorro (2005)" probably you remember the end. Elena, together with her husband, focusing the entire skill, strength and intelligence, managed by an ingenious plan to dispel the organizers and plot against America and to save their own lives.

Do you cherish every life in a responsible manner?

Elena de la Vega was a victim of circumstances, forced to action on a mine field. Maybe for a good cause or maybe not, but she certainly fought for salvation. She was just an innocent soul, but one alone makes no difference when there are hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of thousands to be saved, is not it?

Here's a question that a leader must ponder very well. It is the same question, the same for thousands of years, which almost all kings and emperors asked themselves: Do you have the courage, the moral power to sacrifice an innocent soul in order to save hundreds of thousands of them?

One more thing. If you had to take such a decision, to sacrifice an innocent soul in order to save thousands of other souls, would you be seized by emotions, would you feel overwhelmed by remorse? The very thought would fill your heart with anxiety? Would you morally endure to become guilty because of a single accusation, even if it was for the benefit of hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of people? Only the thought that you committed the greatest sin, even if indirectly, would not it grind your conscience?

Leadership is not a game. Are you ready for disappointments?

The more you position yourself higher in the hierarchy, the more you have to take more difficult decisions, the more you have to assume moral and spiritual responsibility for your own actions.

A leader, just like a wise man, which understands the consequences of each action which he voluntarily makes, prudent in his conclusions, deliberate in his actions, has to work for the common well-being, namely for everybody's sake and for each of them alone, assuming responsibility for every tiny little mistake he commits.

In order to feel his conscience appeased, he must exhibit an unlimited nobleness, of equity, a remarkable correctitude, to take care of the personal security of everybody under his command and, with an unyielding will, decision and perseverance in completely serving others, to take the most appropriate decisions, which would not hurt anybody, in any kind of circumstance.

Conclusion: A leader can be put in a position to take decisions to the detriment of someone, but not to the detriment of all, and these decisions must surely have a legal argument. Some other times, unfortunately, the leader must sacrifice the life of some in order to save others, which becomes a tough decision, based on a lot of responsibility.

It would be ideal for the leader to sacrifice himself for the benefit of everybody, but is there such a leader?

Put yourself completely in the service of a noble purpose, without detaching yourself from your consciousness.