Passion Builders and Passion Stealers

As our nation and our party moves forward, we are going to need to identify those kinds of people who have vision and passion and those kinds of people who steal that vision and passion, and back the first kind, even if they don't have the right name, the money, the pedigree, or the backing of the national party. Here are four types of leaders to keep an eye on:

1. People who fuel our passion. These are the role models and leaders whose writing, thinking, and speaking expands and deepens our passion and purpose in life. Someone has observed that what we are tomorrow will be a result of the people we meet and the books that we read today.
2. People who catch our passion. These people are the teachable and the moldable; they are the people who are hungry and their hungry to make their lives count. They want to grow and to learn. They will take what we give and pass it along to others, multiplying our investment many times over.
3. People who enjoy our passion. Most people we know fall into this category. On the one hand, they don’t take a great deal from us, but then neither do they add a great deal. It’s easy to spend a lot of time with these “nice people.” They are fun and easy to be with.
4. People who drain our passion. This is where the major energy leaks can occur. These are the needy people, the people that struggle, or the people who demand hours and hours of our energy, but don’t often seem to profit from it. Yet, they keep returning with the same problems and want more of us. They are often the squeaky wheels that get the most, if not all, of the oil of our passion.

As our nation and party moves forward, we need more leaders who fuel our passion. There are a lot of leaders out there who catch the passion of others and run with it, and they aren't bad candidates, but our party needs to encourage and support those people out there who inspire us and fill us with passion for liberty, rule of law, and conservative principles.