I thought this was a great message for us to internalize. There are many around us who are seemingly not of our clique, or who may be wounded, or otherwise different from what we are or profess to be–but that should never warrant a bridge to be built to separate us. Watch the featured video [...]
Feel things you’ve never felt before
In the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, there is a line that stands out to me as being applicable to life and its journey: “I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I [...]
Will I Choose To Do It?
I’ve recently been reading in Seth Godin’s book Tribes and have been impressed with how much can be applied to The Global Outreach Foundation. Godin talks of leadership and the role in an organization, especially a smaller tight-knit one like The Global Outreach Foundation. In such a small organization, where each body is looked up [...]
The Speed of Life
Mahatma Gandhi once said: “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Ok, here’s your chance to pause and reflect on your life. How fast are you running through life and why? Where is it that you’re trying to go so fast? It’s no wonder why the old aphorism to “stop and smell the [...]
Let’s Celebrate Our Differences
All are different. All are beautiful. When you pick up a guitar to play you will need to use two hands. On one hand you will hold down a chord. Each finger will be holding down a different note behind a particular fret. With your other hand you will strum, pluck, or slap the strings. [...]
Progress 101
May each of us chew on this idea for a bit: “Progress depends upon what we are, rather than upon what we may encounter. One man is stopped by a sapling lying across the road; another, passing that way, picks up the hindrance and converts it into a help in crossing the brook just ahead. [...]
Together as One
I saw this painted on a motorcycle’s rear view mirror today in Western Kenya. It got me thinking about the importance of working together. Recently, talking with some of our partners abroad, we discussed the importance of always working together in development. There needs to be more collaboration in development, and less competition. Aren’t we [...]
What’s your philosophy?
Love. Love is my philosophy because without it there is no purpose or meaning to this mortal life. “A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.” – Frank Tebbets Love will always allow us to be [...]
