Work with your own unacceptable stuff rather than struggling against it, you do this with loving kindness for yourself. Instead of perceiving there is a problem and a solution, just keep your mind and heart open to whatever arises and maybe the perceived problem goes away.
We are all on the path of life, it’s like climbing a mountain. We all use different paths to climb the mountain and use different methods to reach the summit. However, there is only one summit. There we no longer need our path or our method, it is where we all share exactly the same vista.
If you want to lead people keep your words in harmony with your actions. Doing this, the people you lead will feel a sense of accomplishment because you have become part of those you lead. You blend so naturally with them they will feel they did the task by themselves.
Some cultures have held respect for elders or reverence for ancestors in highest regard and as a sacred duty. Yet few of us see the point in all this: if we, as heirs, understand the perspective of heirs, if we know this in our hearts, we will be less inclined to be bad ancestors ourselves.
Quote: Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. – Chief Seattle