And it's all in my head, I think about it over and over again

What is a leader? How can you define that, that 'special' characterstic in a person that people think gives them power.

Where do you go from becoming an ordinary individual to one who actually made a difference? And where does the line fall between a small difference, a large difference, a mediocre difference? And who decides if what you did passes the test to join the ranks of Ghandi?

You hear so much about those leaders; the ones like Martin Luther King, and JFK, and Oprah, or even Michelle Obama. So where do their accomplishments become something more, and they get carved into history as 'fearless leaders' and those who 'challenged the way'. So they made a difference. Yes. Or tried valiantly. But I'm still stuck on how they knew they could, or who said they did and walked away?

I get that being a leader that doesn't mean you have to be recognized. To be humble, and know that at the end of the day, you did what you thought was right and helped everyone you could. I get that, so why is it a hard concept for others? I feel like everyday instead of being pushed to be a quiet leader in my own way, I'm being pushed to be the next great -(you fill in the blank here).

Where do people get it in their minds that to be a leader, they have to make the news, or have their voice radiating over every one else's at every.single.meeting. Not that I'm bitter. I'm very glad that some people have already found out that they are the 'chosen one'; Meant to lead the rest of us dim witted college students across the sea and into a land where we go about making the world a better place.

Why the inherent need to focus on how many times they get awards for being a leader, rather then the quiet 'Thank You' from the girl down the hall whose been crying every night since she moved to school? I think that those who work to be better than they can be, then those who work to be better to gain the achievement in the long run find something more valuable from their leadership.

They begin to value what they do for others rather then what others can give them for what they did.