My daughter gave me a lovely poem in a hand-made paper shoe today. Here it is:
Daddy’s Footsteps
“Walk a little slower, Daddy”,
Said a little child so small.
“I’m following in your footsteps,
And I don’t want to fall”.
Sometimes when your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So walk a little slower, Daddy.
For I must follow you.
If you think about leadership and of fatherhood, in this context, they have so much in common. It made me think of the zigzags, speed of pace and change I have taken my own organization through for a number of years and how difficult it must have been for many to follow or understand where I was taking them.
Interesting thing kids are…their language is so plain and straight. Thank you Emma…
Sass (and Dad)