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LeadershipISSUE 39 | JULY 2025 15garments of honor. Not seen by many, yet their services made a way for many. Not crowned as heroes, but they stood tall among those men called gods. I like the way my brother, Just Joe (BOJA), puts it: %u201cLet%u2019s stop the fantasy. Greatness is not found in your dreams, visions, declarations, or expensive journals. It is found in your willingness to bleed%u2014to lose yourself in an unfiltered, unapologetic, undignified service. Here%u2019s the secret no one tells you:The fastest way up%u2026 is to fall face down. To kiss the dirt of your own humiliation. To look life dead in the eye and whisper:%u201cWhatever you send me%u2014I will serve it.%u201dServe the unfair boss.Serve the broken system.Serve the ungrateful friend.Serve the child who cannot pay you back.Serve the moment you hate with all your heart. Serve like a slave. Think like a king. Burn like a god.Don%u2019t flinch when people are selfish.Don%u2019t fold when the greedy flex their muscles. Their power is an illusion%u2014a test, not a threat. The more they lie, steal, boast, and rise%u2026The deeper your roots grow in the dark. And the day you rise, nothing will shake you.You think no one sees you? Think again.The winds are watching. The soil is humming. The elements, created and uncreated, are whispering your name in realms you%u2019ve never entered.They are gossiping about your greatness.They are groaning%u2014yes, groaning%u2014for the day you%u2019ll stop whining and start ruling.Because when you finally show up in your full form, everything will bow. Not out of pity%u2014but out of prophecy.So hear me! Serve. Then serve more.Then serve even when you%u2019re spitting blood.You are not wasting your life%u2014you are making it immortal.Finally, If you cannot serve,Don%u2019t expect to reign.If you cannot bow,Don%u2019t ask for a crown.Because Life is not your toy%u2014Life is God.And God does not exalt the loud. He exalts the laid-down.So lay down. And rise. Burn. And build. Serve. And become.And when you do%u2026You won%u2019t have to chase greatness.Greatness will kneel before you.%u201dThe question remains, will you serve faithfully even when no sees, and become a god among men, or will you serve your belly and become a stench in the nostrils of immortals? The choice is yours.