His Religion Was Human: Remembering a Father Who Redefined Success
A question frequently crosses my mind: Are leaders born with an innate quality of leadership, or do circumstances forge them? Even if circumstances create a leader, there must be an underlying intent a fierce determination to use those challenges as a springboard rather than surrendering to them. Whatever the case may be, my father was a leader. It breaks my heart that I must now speak of him in the past tense. In my last Father’s Day article, I wrote about how he would sit and recall his lifelong service to society and his loved ones, even as his world grew quiet and dark, constrained by failing vision and hearing. There is no doubt that his leadership was extraordinary; he served the people despite the hostilities, resistance, and insults he sometimes faced. His intent was entirely noble: to lift the community as a whole. With that singular goal in sight, the surrounding noise could never distract him. Yet, despite his grand impact, he was beautifully human he found genuine happiness...
