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I keep on hearing a lot about leadership these days. I think I'm becoming a quick learner in the sense that when I hear things being constantly repeated, I automatically start to listen. It's usually a pretty bit hint that God's trying to tell me something.
I went to a bible study today, and we talked about if we should give leaders a bit of leeway (as in forgive, not exempt from rules) for doing things wrong, because of all the pressure they're under. We were told to put ourselves in the shoes of the Pharisees for a moment, and ask ourselves whether or not we would have been as stubborn as them. And honestly, I think even the best of us would say yes. To admit to a huge group of people who you have great influence over that you've been doing things wrong this whole time would be so incredibly difficult. It would be like throwing your reputation in the garburator. This relates back to the sermon I heard on Sunday about how the biggest cause of the failure of leadership is moral failure. Leaders start to make exceptions for themselves and justifying their actions, and that leads to their downfall. It's easy to say from afar that I would never do this, but that goes to show that I have a lot of pride that I still need to get rid of.
I think there's some things I need to start taking to heart.

Happiness Meme, Day 28
Fellowship and jamming are the best ways for me to feel like my summer is looking up.

PS: I realize that I've been neglecting the Song of the Day. This is due to the fact that there's a lot of licensing restrictions in Hong Kong... But thank goodness there's always Youtube.