Live courageously from your heart!
What makes a child thrive? Trust and safety.
What makes relationships thrive? Trust and safety.
I could go on and on here.
Management theorist Simon Sinek tackles the question, “What makes a great leader?” In this TED video, he suggests that it’s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust.
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What do you think about when you hear the word margin? Here are some questions to start the conversation. Is your schedule overloaded? Are you always busy? Is your family slipping away? Are you stressed out all the time?
Check out some of these statistics for people living in the United States (US):
For most of us, Memorial Day means the “unofficial kickoff” of summer when we go away or get together with loved ones to grill up some great food.
Not at all suggesting that there is anything wrong with this, but I challenge you to pause and think about what it means when a soldier dies fighting for your freedom. Think about the scene playing out in slow motion as the loved one of a fallen soldier hears that knock on the door.
Will you pause for a moment and remember the fallen brave as that familiar bugle sound plays in the background…”Taps”.
Here is a bit of history of Taps.
There is a war being waged for the souls of men, for the family, for fatherhood, [fill in the blank]…
Before we rise up and engage in the war being waged, it is essential that we band together with a fellowship of people we trust to join with us in the battle. We see this theme played out in the in the epic battle of good against evil in The Lord of the Rings. The leaders of middle earth meet at Rivendell to strategize on how to destroy the ring and how to defeat Sauron. For good to triumph in middle earth, the ring had to be destroyed by throwing it into the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged.
Are you a follower of Jesus Christ? Have you noticed an increase in the hatred towards Christians and God in the world around you?
Since writing my book Heartstone: A Journey Out Of The Midnight Of My Soul, I have taken my story to the social space such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. It didn’t take long for people to reveal their hatred towards God.
I posted this on Easter, take a minute to check out some of the comments.
