As leaders, it is their responsibility to earn the trust of their followers. Thus, when I read of politicians, especially someone like the Prime Minister of Malaysia asking young Malaysians to trust him and that he will take care of all Malaysians, it sounds out of place for me.
To illustrate my point, I would like to share a short story which I read and have kept as my collection of a trust relationship with all of you. Here goes:-
A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.
The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter:
“Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river.” The little girl said:
“No, Dad. You hold my hand.”
“What’s the difference?” Asked the puzzled father.
“There’s a big difference,” replied the little girl.
“If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.”
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours…
So, the question that our beloved Prime Minister must asked himself is whether he has held the our hands and not let go when we needed him most. If he has, then he will definitely have our trust. But if he has not held our hands when we needed him, and instead expected us to hold his hand, then we will let go and he will not have our hands as he isn’t holding on to them.
See? People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care! I mean really care! Not abandon them when there is pressure.
Readers, do you get my message?
I hope our beloved Prime Minister has held onto our hands when we needed him most.
God bless Malaysia.
