Happy Founder's Day to all Scouting Brothers and Sisters in the WORLD! Yeap, listen up to all who is hearing me! It is to the World and not to Singapore only. The brotherhood and sisterhood of Scouting is a global movement!
Happy Thinking Day to my Guides sisters in the World too! Yeap, Girl Guides. Our beloved sisters.
14 more hours to the beginning of my last and final paper for my Year 2 in Poly! I feel so tired and drained from all the studying, packing tons of information into my already maxing out memory card and my flesh that seems to withstand all the pain and exhaustion. I thank God that he made me this way, so as to last through such trials in my life.
Well, I do have to say this. Whatever I am typing next, is a history and a lesson to be learnt but not practice in real life. Times have changed and whatever methods in the past may not be applicable for today.
During my younger days in Scouting, which is just a few years back. I was really an asshole, that's what I can call myself during those days. I never liked to be punish (who likes it anyway?), nor do I like to follow instructions properly. I always do what I felt it was right for myself and my members. However, often neglecting the fact that different people have different abilities. I never believe in giving up so easily, thus I always pushed my members to their limit. Some did break through, while others crumble and fall.
Imagine planning a meeting with what we had intended to do, yet finding out that the seniors have come back and changed it all over again. Instead of we running the show, they took over and ran it. How does it feel?
So many times, it has happened. Yet out of respect and seniority, we gave in. Till where there are times, we just gave up planning and wait for the seniors to come and run the show for us. Till we nearly gave up Scouting due to the fact that we are just meaningless robots (that's what Pris told me, I still remember that since that day).
Thus, as I grew up and reflect on my actions... I grew to realise that there must be a stop to this. There must be a way to do something about it. I've got to believe in my scouts that they can do it. I've got to believe that they are able to do something by their own even if there isn't guidance provided.
What I want to say is this. Believe in your scouts, believe in the men that you are leading. Only then, will they believe in themselves to make things happen. As long as you stop believing in them, they will never believe in themselves as well as you.
A leader, in my opinion, is to be able to lead, inspire and believe in your members. You do not have to be multi-talented nor well-verse in your studies. As long as you believe... that's all it matters.
Well, this Founder's Day, I hope to see a revoluntion that will change Scouting in Singapore. A revoluntion that will bring about future leaders of tomorrow. A revoluntion that follows the Scouting fundamentals and principes. A revoluntion of brotherly and sisterly love through Scouting.
Among us, Scouts and Girl Guides, we are meant to work together for the greater good of things. We are meant to be the future of the community. We are meant to love each other as our neighbours and not hate each other like enemies.
As long as there is a Scout, there will be a Girl Guide somewhere, somehow.
Happy Thinking Day to my Guides sisters in the World too! Yeap, Girl Guides. Our beloved sisters.
14 more hours to the beginning of my last and final paper for my Year 2 in Poly! I feel so tired and drained from all the studying, packing tons of information into my already maxing out memory card and my flesh that seems to withstand all the pain and exhaustion. I thank God that he made me this way, so as to last through such trials in my life.
Well, I do have to say this. Whatever I am typing next, is a history and a lesson to be learnt but not practice in real life. Times have changed and whatever methods in the past may not be applicable for today.
During my younger days in Scouting, which is just a few years back. I was really an asshole, that's what I can call myself during those days. I never liked to be punish (who likes it anyway?), nor do I like to follow instructions properly. I always do what I felt it was right for myself and my members. However, often neglecting the fact that different people have different abilities. I never believe in giving up so easily, thus I always pushed my members to their limit. Some did break through, while others crumble and fall.
Imagine planning a meeting with what we had intended to do, yet finding out that the seniors have come back and changed it all over again. Instead of we running the show, they took over and ran it. How does it feel?
So many times, it has happened. Yet out of respect and seniority, we gave in. Till where there are times, we just gave up planning and wait for the seniors to come and run the show for us. Till we nearly gave up Scouting due to the fact that we are just meaningless robots (that's what Pris told me, I still remember that since that day).
Thus, as I grew up and reflect on my actions... I grew to realise that there must be a stop to this. There must be a way to do something about it. I've got to believe in my scouts that they can do it. I've got to believe that they are able to do something by their own even if there isn't guidance provided.
What I want to say is this. Believe in your scouts, believe in the men that you are leading. Only then, will they believe in themselves to make things happen. As long as you stop believing in them, they will never believe in themselves as well as you.
A leader, in my opinion, is to be able to lead, inspire and believe in your members. You do not have to be multi-talented nor well-verse in your studies. As long as you believe... that's all it matters.
Well, this Founder's Day, I hope to see a revoluntion that will change Scouting in Singapore. A revoluntion that will bring about future leaders of tomorrow. A revoluntion that follows the Scouting fundamentals and principes. A revoluntion of brotherly and sisterly love through Scouting.
Among us, Scouts and Girl Guides, we are meant to work together for the greater good of things. We are meant to be the future of the community. We are meant to love each other as our neighbours and not hate each other like enemies.
As long as there is a Scout, there will be a Girl Guide somewhere, somehow.
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