The students presented their own platform with ideas for education, improving the city, and helping the community. They invited candidates from both political parties to address the audience on the reasons that they should receive their vote. The students and Danny Noyola, their teacher, are to be commended. This activity at Moody started me thinking about leadership and what it takes to be an effective leader. I began to question how people in today's world tend to define leadership.
True leaders do exist and possess distinct attributes.
They go above and beyond the call of duty and never lose their cool in the face of adversity. They have the ability to make things happen. When one door is slammed in their face, they open another. And, true leaders sometimes lead people who do not want to follow - people who are so caught up with their own personal agendas and power needs that they fail to see the big picture. What Corpus Christi needs to be successful in the 21st Century is young people who possess the attributes of leaders - young people who are willing to take leadership positions in the community.