Isaiah never saw himself as a leader. He was the middle kid, the one who blended in. Then his mentor asked him to share his story at a small IDW event for younger boys.
“What story?” Isaiah asked. “I haven’t done anything big.”
“Tell them about what you didn’t do,” the mentor replied. “The fights you walked away from. The nights you stayed home. The jobs you kept.”
So he stood in front of a dozen boys and told simple, honest moments—how he almost followed an older cousin into a dangerous situation and said no, how he worked weekend shifts to help his mom, how he messed up plenty but kept coming back.
When he finished, one kid raised his hand and said, “So you’re saying I don’t have to be perfect to be a leader? Just consistent?”
Isaiah paused, then nodded. “Exactly.”
On the bus home, he realized legacy wasn’t some distant future—it was the impact he made one conversation, one choice at a time. Purple Shield leadership wasn’t about being the loudest in the room. It was about living in a way that gives the next kid permission to choose better.
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