Krits posse gives me great hope for our future. Christine, Jenna, Corinne, Krits, and Gia Maria are an amazing team. These Young lives are BUILT TO LEAD. They may live in colleges throughout the midwest and into the deep south, but their hearts are never far from their Olentangy roots.
Never very far from each other.
They came together as a posse since some of them were four years old. They’ve been building ever since. Centered around their faith in Christ, their LOVE for each other, and their insistence on “time together,” these young women are a team. AND, now they are creating new teams. They are NOT afraid to go alone, to leave the nest, to play their sport, sing their song, author their own thoughts, and to embrace new, sometimes very different new friends. AND…
Never. Very Far. From each other.
Last night they partied together with their extended posses. And, they came back to our house for the night. This morning we “broke the fast” together, took this picture, and then they ran upstairs to Krit’s room.
That would have been enough.
Today, however, there was more. Unexpectedly more. Unplanned more. Margin made it possible. Very cool.
They ran upstairs and were huddled around Krit’s Apple product. No, not her ipod. No, not on Facebook. Oh, they will be on both soon enough. But, when I walked in the room, they were navigating their way onto the BTL blog. They wanted to read some posts from Chet, they told me. Are you kidding me? A team of the coolest young people I know were actually turning their eyes toward the BTL Band. I left the room, and as I walked down the stairs I noticed my pace and felt my heart. My heart…
My heart was instantly overflowing. No new revenue was flowing. No new clients were added. No breakthrough innovative thoughts came to the surface. No, none of the problems of 2008 had magically disappeared either. Nothing, seemingly, had changed. None of that. AND, somehow I just knew that this moment was RICH.
How?
I really don’t know. My heart just told me it was so. My heart just overflowed with a simple sort of JOY and told me that this was one of those moments. One I would hold onto. One, I might never forget. Very cool.
Make 2009 the year you start a new scorecard. Make 2009 a picture of peace with your people. Make 2009 a year you deepen your roots, and your relationships. Go ahead, take some more risks. Remember when you’re 90, you will wish you had…
Taken more risks.
Spent more time on the relationships that matter.
Invested more time reflecting quietly, alone.
Don’t wait until you’re 90. Start today. Break the silence, break down your fortress, break the rules. AND, maybe, just maybe…
it will be as simple as “breaking the fast.”
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