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Today marks exactly 23 years Nelson
Mandela was released from prison after 27 years of
incarceration. Everyone has a favourite leader. Whether you look back on your
life experience(s) with pleasure or with pain, there will be one particular
person who stands out as a beacon in a stormy sea. Madiba, as he was fondly
named by his Xhosa clan and is respectfully called by many, is my favourite
leader in the world. Of all the people I have met through books Madiba stands
out as someone I most certainly want to emulate. He appeals to me because he
embodies what I strive to become. He is an influential man from a small village
in South Africa, who has had and continues to have direct positive effect on
people. You do not need to be around him before you witness his endearing aura.
His strongly desirous and autobiographical work, Long Walk to Freedom,
written by him and published in 1995 by Little Brown and Co., was my source of
inspiration during my days at graduate school in England.
There is no better way to describe Madiba. For me, he is the
greatest man of my time. He is widely respected around the globe for his
selfless service to humanity. His outstanding leadership role (most remarkably
his role in ending apartheid in South Africa and his advocacy for human rights)
leaves a stamp that cannot be expunged in history. No generation that will
cross this planet called earth will forget that such a man ever lived. One of
the greatest things about Madiba that inspires me is that his human nature
extends to the core of man's essence on earth and his loving heart for the poor
and destitute is exceptional. He never fails to extend his heartfelt
wishes to the entire humanity in respective of race, religion, and sexual
orientation.
Madiba is the most enthusiastic, genuine, hardworking, and amazing
leader I have had the pleasure to read about. He has lived a long life, and
will continue to live. He has achieved the greatest of wishes every human being
would wish for. The standard he has set before mankind will require a genius
extraordinaire to equal. His life is such a quintessence that there is nothing
that is impossible and no height that is unattainable. Madiba in his leadership
has shown us the true meaning of leadership- service to humanity. In his
service to humanity he has shown us the true way to love and peace. Each time I
read about Madiba, I feel this sense of satisfaction that I have got all the
inspiration that I need. But the question is what makes Madiba stand out from
the rest? Or what makes him so wonderful to me that I always adore his
personality? There are many qualities this man possesses that are
indescribable. Madiba is like a leopard; a leopard has many spots that one
cannot count. These qualities are encompassing. They are like beauty in the
sense of beauty lying in the eyes of the beholder. You can only attempt to
describe him in your own way based on your wee understanding of him; he is more
than an encyclopedia.
God Bless Madiba; Long Live Madiba!!
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