Authority and Responsibility

Who is Superior?

 Once few friends were crossing a river in a boat and they all were wearing live saving kit. Lifesaving kit is the equipment which allow a person to keep afloat in the water.

While travelling, all of them spotted a hole in the boat and realized that the hole will allow to come water inside and then the boat will be sink. All knew that each of them has also seen the hole and thought, it is other person’s responsibility to take initiative to close the hole. As all of them felt that individually they are superior than other and what if the water comes inside the boat, they are wearing life saving kit which will keep them afloat and they will cross the river. And finally the boat sinked  and all were left with lifesaving kit. They all crossed river but they lost the boat. They did not realized it was boat which could have saved them every time they were crossing the river. All of them thought that they are big and it is the other person’s responsibility and why I should initiate?

Unfortunately they all were considering themselves superior than other one, they could not realise that the bigger person is boat which selfless helped them crossing the river whenever they need it with full responsibility.  One needs to be more responsible and as much as one is powerful or authority, he needs to  take initiative to resolve the issues.

Authority Always comes with Responsibility and one who initiates for resolution of any problem is considered as the right leader.