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As usual, I woke everyone up at 6:15 in the morning so we could make it to our destination on time. During the day, someone came to me and said that I should be more patient and that life would be so much easier if I took it slow. This comment made me upset because I felt like the way I lead was being compared to the way I lived my life. My emotions got to me and I gave up on leading for an hour or two along the hike. As head honcho, I asked others to lead for me. I began to have flashbacks of prior failures. Last year, my family nominated me to be the very first leader of our family meeting. I was in charge of calling meetings any time there were tensions in the household. I was in charge of making plans for the family as well. At our very first meeting, the different views and opinions of my father made me cry. He told me that I am not a good leader because I had cried. I had never felt any worse in my life than that day. I felt so badly, I gave up my position of family leader. Then, half way through the hike, I thought to myself about everything I’ve acquired here. I was given four core values to improve and learn about. They were service, determination, compassion, and integrity. I understood that I may not be a humorous leader or a sergeant leader, but I am an effective leader as long as I show service, determination, compassion, and integrity. I apologized to the whole group that I let my emotions get to me. I also informed them that when I ask for their opinions when it comes to making decisions, it’s because they matter. When I lead, we all lead. I will make decisions based on what is the best way to go for the whole group, not just for me. ARC gave me these priceless core values to be an effective leader for the future.
Many will never realize the beauty of life until they take flight into the wrath of the world. There is no place better than the comfort of home. It is quite unusual for teenagers like me to understand the meaning and value of life and beauty but thanks to Adventure Risk Challenge, I have acquired the secret golden chords to happiness. The first chord is realization, realize what you have, the second chord is appreciation, appreciate what you have. The third chord is leadership, give more and expect less. Adventure Risk Challenge steered me away from the distractions of society to the cliffs of mountains to test my capabilities and with their strategies, I acquired this chord, this secret chord that is only mine to keep for eternity. I will not be selfish and stop here. I will share this secret chord with those back at home, those distracted by society. “Man goes on a journey to discover that the comfort of home is golden.”
