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25. BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED<br />
The Queen quotes the following from an article in the Honolulu<br />
Advertiser: ''.All successful leaders in the world's history have been<br />
aggressive rather than passive. Passive inactivity is not virtue."<br />
Then she says:<br />
'1t keeps people nobodies, neither<br />
felt nor missed in the community.<br />
Therefore, we should see<br />
that our characters do not become<br />
quiet stagnant ponds by constant<br />
retirement and inactivity, mistaking<br />
such for proper reserve. "<br />
(1873)<br />
If we want to be leaders, according to the Queen, we must be<br />
actively involved not only in our work but in our communities.<br />
If we are not, we are just plain "nobodies, neither felt nor<br />
missed." What a frightening thought! How many nobodies do<br />
we have at Queen's? How many "quiet stagnant ponds" in our<br />
midst?<br />
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