Immersing in the life of others

well... i'm beginning to have a deeper understanding to how important a leader is and how difficult it is to be a good leader, a good mentor. As leader, u are the fellow's role model, pillar of strength. As mentor even worse, you are a teacher, a model, a pillar of strength on a more intimate level perhaps. Not only do you have to take note of the person whom u're teaching's progress but also have a genuine interest in his life. sigh jaime mentioned it before, that it takes alot of her strength to disciple others. because she wanna be a good mentor and to do so, she had to immerse herself in the life of others. Well hope i can still make up for it perhaps? hope it's not too late for me to start to immerse myself in the life of others.

starting to think too as i reflect... that i don't think i am even a great friend either. i guess i should really start to truly care about the lives of others. and truly care means, willing to set aside time even during my busiest monent to just immerse myself into their lives and to feel their pain and not just when convenient or i'm in e mood to.