Eagle Court of Honor Speech

First I would like to thank my mom and my dad, my sponsor Verizon Pioneer, my coach Mr. Longden, and all the scouts and adults who assisted in bringing my project to a completion. When I look at my boy scouting career as a whole I often look back to when I first joined the troop. I remember being shy and I often didn’t say very much. But as I began to mature and increase in rank I began to feel the need to share what I had learned with those around me. As time passed by I became much more comfortable with the troop and began to take on leadership positions. At first I wasn’t entirely sure of how I would help lead a group but I began to realize that this all came from experience. There are many ways on how you could chose to lead a group some ways might not work were as others may work out well. Before I knew it I was a life scout ready to take the next step onto becoming an eagle. The night before I began my Eagle Scout project I found myself amidst a nerve racking feeling. I was worried that I was going to screw up somehow, or not enough people would show up to help. I had some perspective on how I was going to approach the project to a degree, but I was still uncertain about different aspects of the project itself. Before I knew it morning came and I could feel butterflies filling inside of me.  When I arrived at the site I began to unload the supplies and a sense of relief filled inside of me and I knew everything would turn out fine as long as I lead the group to the best of my ability. After the project commenced I soon realized that I had psyched myself out to much the night before and the project was much easier to lead than I had expected. Ultimately from this entire journey I’ve learned the value of leadership and what it takes to lead a team.