I Became a Leader!

 

I felt shame and pain and was so confused by how far I’ve strayed from being a decent human being—not even from being a good one. I expected so much out of everyone around me and didn’t even give a quarter of what I actually got. I didn’t care for my friends, co-workers, or anyone in Narconon. I didn’t think anything could touch me, and on that note, I’m glad that I went into my program here with that attitude. I didn’t let anyone scare me and make me leave, but now that I’ve seen different cases, I can see how just a small little word can ruin a person and make them lose their chance at saving their life, and why certain rules are really meant to be followed.

When I came, I was selfish and careless, but my surroundings changed me. With time, I became protective over my progress and the progress of others; I killed the selfishness and became a leader, and I took great responsibility because I believed in myself.

“With the minimal ethics I had, I was on top of my career, and I can see exactly where I will be once I go back and how I will achieve dream after dream with the new level of ethics I have.”

One day, I was reading a book that had a line in it that said, “because I’m ethical, I will overpromise, and I will overdeliver,” and I started to live by that. In the past, I put my co-workers through the same hell I was going through with my lies and lack of discipline, and there, people even pushed me to get further in life, and all I did was leave them in worry and chaos. With the minimal ethics I had, I was on top of my career, and I can see exactly where I will be once I go back and how I will achieve dream after dream with the new level of ethics I have. And for my friends, I owe them a big apology and thank-you for still sticking with me. I have changed so much, and I will stay this way because it’s the best I’ve been so far.

—R.V., student at Narconon Balkan