Leadership is taking what burns in your heart, the things that don’t yet exist, diving into the uncomfortable realms of chaos to form something others don’t yet see.
From Avner and Rachel Boskey in Israel: The surprise attack on the morning of October 7 by Islamist terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad has brought forth its demonic fruit – the slaughter of at least 250 Israelis, the wounding of over a thousand Jewish people, and the kidnapping to Gazan underground tunnels and prisons of hundreds more citizens of the Jewish state. These crimes were met with rejoicing among the bestial mobs of Gaza. Golden-ager Jewish women were shot at point blank range by jihadi terror squads, as were their daughters and grandchildren. Bodies of young women and soldiers were dragged across public squares and stomped on by mobs screaming out ‘Allahu akbar’ – ‘Allah is greater.’ Teenaged girls were hauled by their hair past violent crowds, while candies and sweet pastries were distributed to the Gazan bystanders in celebration of this ‘uncircumcised victory.’
When we ghost someone, we leave them questioning themselves and their self-worth, simply because we couldn't take a moment to confront them. We need to educate people on the skill of having difficult conversations.