Carving our own destiny

We need leaders who remind us of our noblest ideals and help us to journey towards the realization of these ideals.
To think that leaders are like vending machines that will give us the finished product that we need is to renounce our sacred right and obligation to carve our own destiny. It is a sure road to frustration.
The building of any group: family, community, country, isn't a one-man or one-woman job.
When we choose someone because he/she promises to make life a paradise for us, we are selling ourselves short. It will never happen. It has never happened and it never will.
What we need is to take responsibility. We need to believe that change starts from us. We need to be convinced that peace or progress, if it doesn't benefit everybody isn't peace or progress at all.