Chemically and biologically speaking, our entire body is a follower to the dictates of our hypothalamus and brains. There is an instant sense of subjection and obedience embedded in every molecule of our body to the dictates of our central nervous system. 

Even the cellular formation in every tissue and organ of the body is being commanded by the DNA pattern that we have, which make up the blueprint of our entire being.

The processes that take place in put body with regards to its daily activities from birth to death is an example of how a follower must be.  Practically, our entire being follows the force within us- whether it be good or evil. Chemically and physiologically, every cell in the body follows a legitimate pattern and hierarchy of commands. It is wonderful to elaborate and explain each chain of command in the body, but I fear I will not have enough time and space to do so. One every simple examples is how your hand is instantaneously commanded by the hypothalamus to detach itself without feeling, seeing, and understanding the reality of the dictates of the hypothalamus.

A good follower doesn’t just follow. Whenever he obeys a command, he understands it and has determined that it is sensical. His understanding dictates his perseverance and faithfulness in heeding to such command.

As a leader, with all modesty intact, I am being followed by people who are sometimes more knowledgeable and intelligent than me, but I am not happy and fulfilled seeing people who are blindly following anybody without the proper understanding of the things that they are doing. Thus the saying goes “a blind follower following a blind leader will fall into the ditch”. As a leader, I am specially grateful to everyone that follows my order intelligently. I never have intended to be a dictator, in fact, I expect from the one following my instruction to do more than what I have said based on his wisdom and good conscience- and not based merely on the letters of my command. A command is a guide in executing an order. It is not the entirety of what a follower must exactly do. Our body is equipped with the most sensible and adjustable tissues and organism that can adapt to even extremes of condition where they are subjected to, and even if it has a definite goal to attain on a given time, it can exercise its rational discretion to temporarily suspend or make a shortcut to attain the goal that it had been commanded to attain. A good follower does the same, and no good leader will disagree with him.

In the course of human history, victory and triumph have been attained by a team of a good leader and good followers in practically every aspect of life, but it is also equally true that tragic loss of lives and properties happened because of a good leader with dumb followers or good followers with a stupid leader, or worse, blind leaders with blind followers. Hitler is one example of gruesome leader, and those who followed him in butchering 6 million jews are the example of the worse followers.

A good follower does not succumb to the caprices of his leader. A good follower can make his leader good!           

Until next time……………