Where are we going?

Generally, people who get on a bus know where they want to go. That is why they choose a particular bus that, if it doesn’t change its course, will take them to their destination. It is the same when you get into your car –you normally know your destiny, your direction. You check if you have enough gas to get there, and if you have all the required documents. In addition, if the travel implies crossing the border, there are some required documents and some extra money that you will need. If someone is on a trip, and doesn’t even know where he is going, it is probable that he has been abducted.

I think that, in these last years, citizens, and especially those who work in the public sector, we have found ourselves wandering aimlessly. In other words, we don’t have a clear course as a country. This problem starts from the top, from the very boss: the State. We don’t have a State Policy, so we don’t have a statesman –or the other way around: we don’t have a statesman, so we don’t have a State Policy ¿What course are we taking as a country, as a department, as a city?

This is a very tangible evidence that leadership needs to be reformulated in our country. And we as citizens can not only collaborate by giving our votes every once in a while, but we need to be constructive and critic guardians who watch what is happening with our leaders. There is a growing discomfort, very healthy by the way, among the people who want to be candidates for a leadership position. Many aspects of their life go public. We don’t choose them because of their names, but for what they are capable of doing or achieving from their leadership positions.

Knowing the Vision and the Mission of a company or institution is very important to know as employees where we are going. The same should happen in the State and all of its premises. This way, it won’t matter what the name of the person in charge is. They will have to do what is established.

In the meantime, we are in a trip without destination. Any wind can be good or bad, depending on every one’s expectations.

Thank God we have many examples. One of these is he, the one who came to earth to show us, with humility and sacrifice, that he came so that we could have life, and have it abundantly (Jesus) This trip does have a leader who keeps his word, and a secure destination: eternal life. Let us start from the most important and safe thing: believing in him. He will not disappoint us. And with his help, we will undertake the challenges involved in developing a healthy leadership for our beloved Paraguay.

Dr. Arnoldo Wiens