Leaders of the Future

Taken his father’s permission, Mansour left accompanied by his friends to a near by farm, to spend a day of the midterm break. They have enjoyed that day, compensated themselves for the tiredness they have gone through toward education achievement, till they did it successfully. Their reward for unprecedented success was to spend a full day of enjoyment on the plantation, among humor, running and diving down the swimming pool.

The following day, Mansour sat to his father, kissed him and thanked him for allowing him to accompany his friends to the farm. Mansour started by telling his father of the events of the previous day, he was very much pleased and the words were unable to express how joyful he was. So his father garbed the opportunity, to understand how his son is aware of life’s aspects. He said: I would like to ask you about the trip and how did you plan for it, and when did you start thinking of it? he said: Thinking was going on for a short period before the exams, to be as a reward for our success? His father said: How did you all chose that particular farm? He said: We have negotiated the matter between ourselves, consulted the neighbors and asked our friends, on the nearest farm around, with reasonable price that suits us. It became clear to us after the search and investigation that a family of one of our fellows have their own private farm. The father said: What you have done then? Mansour said: We have asked him to take his father's permission, to allow us to use their farm. Mansour’s father asked: What was the response of his father? He said: He did not refuse, but he tied his approval with obtaining our graduation certificates, and he is being there at that day. His father said: Wise decision, and correct condition. Do you identify a day for that trip? He said: We had to consult each other, returning to that colleague’s father several times, until we are able to reach a mutually convenient day. Mansour’s father was so much encouraged of this strange planning by children did not reach manhood yet and asked: How many are you?! Mansour answered: We are five friends close in age. Mansour’s father return to ask:: Are you in the same class? Mansour responded: We are in different classes, but we usually gather near grandfather’s house.

Mansour’s father was encouraged by his son’s answers, so he asked him: Are you having a leader whom you enlightened by his opinions and obey his command?! Mansur replied: Yes we have, We usually consults with him, plan, and the final decision is his. When his enthusiasm increased, Mansour’s father asked: Is this commander the eldest of you? He said: No, there is one who is elder than him, but the leadership in the hands of this friend, however, the other one likes to be a subject and to be lead. Thus, Mansour’s father return to ask his son: How did you take care for your food?! Mansour responded: As we are five, we have negotiated what to eat, the quantity and the value, so the share of each one of us came to be fifteen SAR, for the two meals, lunch and dinner. His father asked him: Who will deliver it for you at the farm? He said: We have agreed with the colleague’s father - the owner of the farm - that one of the adults available at time at the farm brings us our food. Again Mansour’s father asked his son: How did you take care of your transportation? Mansour said: The father of our colleague, the owner of the farm, volunteered to manage our going and rerun. His father proudly said: You are young in your bodies, men and seniors in your dreams and minds. If you are in such tender ages and outlooks, and you can coordinate this trip on your own, there will be no fear in the future, of you managing your lives and the lives of those under your responsibility. It is not only the right of your households, but also the right of your nation to be joyful and proud, and see the good future in you.

This story and this incident is entitled to a moment of appreciation and thinking. If those youths, those young in their ages, could manage this trip to a farm without interference from their parents or who is elder than them in planning. It is their right and the right of those like them to be given the opportunity, to prove through it, to themselves and to their society, that they are worthy of trust and responsibility. and they are qualified from now to lead their community to honor, dignity, development and progress. Because "Achieving something is an outcome, of consistent actions combined with relentless devotion." according to my friend Rik.

Written by: Hussein Mashamea

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