May season ako na hindi ko makalimutan.
Sunod-sunod.
May mga taong umalis.
Important and foundational people.
Hindi isa. Hindi dalawa.
Mga taong tinuruan mo. Sinamahan mo. Pinaglaban mo.
Bigla na lang… wala na.
At syempre, tao lang din ako.
Napaisip ako.
“May mali ba sa akin?”
“Hindi ba ako naging enough?”
“Baka ako yung problema…”
Tahimik lang ‘yan sa labas.
Pero sa loob… ang ingay.
Kasi bilang leader…
Hindi ka lang nagmamanage ng trabaho.
Nag-iinvest ka ng puso.
Naglalaan ka ng oras.
Minsan pati sarili mong pahinga, binibigay mo.
Kaya kapag may umaalis…
Hindi lang siya operational loss.
Personal siya.
Then I remembered something my pastor once told me.
Simple lang. Pero tumatak talaga.
“When given the choice between preserving a relationship… and doing what is right… choose what is right.”
Hindi niya sinabi na madali.
Hindi niya sinabi na walang mawawala.
Ang sinabi niya…
Pumili ka ng tama.
⸻
Doon ko narealize.
Hindi lahat ng umaalis…
ibig sabihin nagkamali ka.
Minsan…
umaalis sila kasi hindi na nila kayang sumabay sa standard.
Minsan…
umaalis sila kasi hindi nila gusto yung truth na kailangan nilang harapin.
At minsan…
umaalis sila kasi hindi ka nag compromise.
Leadership is not about keeping everyone.
It’s about standing for something.
Even if it costs you people.
Naalala ko rin yung isang thought na sobrang tumama sa akin.
“You will sow seeds, water soil, grow trees… and never taste its fruits.”
Ang sakit pakinggan.
Pero totoo.
May mga taong tuturuan mo…
iba ang magbebenefit.
May mga taong ilalaban mo…
sa iba magtatagal.
May mga taong tutulungan mong mag-grow…
pero hindi ikaw ang makakakita ng full version nila.
At kung hindi mo maintindihan ‘to…
madali kang ma-bitter.
Madali kang mapagod.
Madali kang sumuko.
Pero nung naintindihan ko ‘to…
nag-shift yung perspective ko.
Hindi pala ako nagtatanim…
para sa sarili ko.
Nagtatanim ako…
kasi yun ang role ko.
A farmer doesn’t cry over every fruit he doesn’t eat.
He understands the assignment.
He plants.
He waters.
He grows.
⸻
Leadership is the same.
You show up.
You teach.
You correct.
You build.
Not for applause.
Not for loyalty.
Not for guarantee.
But because it is right.
And here’s the hard truth.
If you always choose relationship over what is right…
you will slowly lose your authority.
Your standards will drop.
Your culture will weaken.
At the end…
wala ka ring mare-retain.
But when you choose what is right…
yes, you might lose people.
But you keep your integrity.
You keep your direction.
You keep the kind of leadership…
that actually builds something real.
⸻
So kung may umalis man…
don’t rush to blame yourself agad.
Reflect. Learn. Improve.
But also ask…
“Did I stand for what is right?”
Because if you did…
then maybe…
you didn’t lose people.
You released them.
⸻
And one day…
yung mga tinanim mong seeds…
kahit hindi mo makita…
they will grow.
Sa ibang lugar. Sa ibang season.
Pero dala pa rin nila…
yung parte ng leadership mo na itinanim mo sa kanila.
⸻
That’s the kind of leadership that lasts.
Hindi nakabase sa dami ng nananatili.
Kundi sa lalim ng itinanim mo…
kahit hindi ikaw ang umani.
⸻
Keep leading.
Keep choosing what is right.
Even when it costs you.
🙏
#leadership #integrity #growth #purpose #filipinoleader #mindset
No comments:
Post a Comment