A49: In-Coming Div. I Governor?! (Entertaining Speaker #4 The Dramatic Talk)
“Bruce, since Kim Chou was assigned the chartered Div. I Governor, no other member from Area I1 ever served as Div. I Governor. In order to strike a balance among Area I1, I2 and I3, I hope to pick up a senior member from Area I1 to be the next Div. I Governor. I think you are the best candidate. Would you please consider taking the job as the in-coming Div. I Governor?”
No, I replied immediately but promised I would be Div Governor one day. To be frank with you, I hate to be a leader and make decisions. Why? My room is always in a mess, a mess out of control. Can you imagine it took me almost a month to find out this Entertaining Speaker manual, which I finished 8 years ago. That’s why I always asked myself, “ Since I can’t manage myself well, how can I be a good leader?” Of course you can guess the very reason I decided to be Area B1 Governor was to achieve my DTM. So I told myself I would be Div. Governor after I retire or when I am less busy.
In my opinion, there are so many enthusiastic and talented leaders in central Taiwan that Jennifer would find her successor very quickly. When I met Jennifer again, to show my concern, I asked her,” Jennifer, you must have found the right person to be the next Div. I Governor, mustn’t you?” I expected Jennifer would smile and tell me she had found her Mr. or Miss Right. However, Jennifer just looked at me and smiled,”Bruce, I am still waiting for you to say Yes.” Jennifer continued,” Don’t you think I was stupid to say Yes when Joy Tsai asked me the second time to be her successor?”
“Was I stupid? Jennifer’s remarks pushed me into a dilemma-to say yes or not to say yes? Oh! My God! What should I do? Show me if You think I should take the job.
Nothing would happen, right? Wrong! Something did happen! The next morning on my way to buy breakfast, a bug hit me in my left eye, just like a Japanese kamikaze bomber launched a suicide attack to Pearl Harbor. Ouch! It hurt! I couldn’t open my eyes for a while. What was worse, on my way home, a bird’s dropping did drop on my shirt. How come these weird things that never happened in my life did happen on a single morning? Was it merely a coincidence or was it a message from the Heaven?
Then I got a bad piece of news. My most respected Charles Chan, one of the most senior members in central Taiwan, who always helped and encouraged me, was in ICU-Intensive Care Unit. I was shocked and wondered what happened to him? “Oh my God, please make Charles better and better day by day. I would promise to do whatever You want me to.”
That night I had a dream. In the dream Charles picked me up to a mountain peak where we could enjoy watching the beautiful valley below us. “Bruce, before I found out this good place, I did get lost several times. However, I didn’t give it up. I persisted and I made it finally. Just like my driving the car to find out this nice place, being a leader and taking your people to achieve your goal isn’t terrible at all. On the contrary, you would learn a lot during the journey. Div. I needs you. Kim, Jim, Joy and Jennifer are all very kind, enthusiastic and capable leaders. They would help you a lot whenever you have trouble. Of course I would always be your side.”
When I woke up, I found myself smiling. I decided to take the job as the in-coming Div I Governor and I was sure Charles would get better and better. Last but not least, I can’t guarantee what I would perform-see, I am not so charming as Jennifer, I am not humorous and I can’t even dance. But I promise I would try my best to do the job. And I’m sure you all help and support me, don’t you?
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