The world needs wise leaders

More money and prestige
does not necessarily mean:
More wisdom, more leadership quality.
It often means the opposite,
by causing money and power to infect one’s head,
transforming the heart into ice and coldness,
expressing ruthlessness and arrogance.

A simple person with a heart
may well have more wisdom,
than a person with pockets full of money,
can understand people better
than those who look down on them from above,
thinking they are better than others,
exercise control over others,
humiliate and degrade others.

Wisdom means leading with humanity,
not acting like a tyrant,
Wisdom for the good of all,
not hiding in one’s own ego,
to share with the poor and needy,
to stand up for the weak with honour,
not behaving like an unbridled animal.

The world needs wise leaders.

Anonymous writer

How can one…

How can one love
When one hates?

How can one show respect
When one kills?

How can one be true
When one lies?

How can one speak of humanity
When one is inhuman?

How can one respect his neighbour
When he attacks him?

How can one speak of peace
When one wages war?

How can one find his own faults
When all the blame is on others?

How can one express empathy and compassion
When one shows brutal ruthlessness?

How can one have humility
When greedily seeking power?

How can one understand
When one sees nothing and hears nothing?

How can awareness come
When ignorance reigns?

How can we be human beings
When we are still animals…?

DidiArtit, 23.04.2022