August 1, 2024 Leadership message There is a story in the woods where the paths converge. Really, they just intersect. A crossroads one might say. A place where we can go this way or that way. Once I went that way and met a man slow in his walk and slumped...
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August 1, 2024 Leadership message There is a story in the woods where the paths converge. Really, they just intersect. A crossroads one might say. A place where we can go this way or that way. Once I went that way and met a man slow in his walk and slumped in sadness. I smiled and greeted him as I usually did. “You again,” he grumbled. I paused, rather surprised by his remark. “How are you this morning?” I replied. “I know what is coming and it scares me,” he responded. This was not our typical exchange of greeting. And so, we stopped in that place, together, for the first time, and he shared. I listened. I had chosen to walk that path many mornings. I pass stranger after stranger on those quiet mornings with just a simple light greeting or a quiet smile. Coffee in hand, I go in the woods to have quiet talks with God. Mostly being present, listening to the cacophony of songbirds, watching the deer move with stealth through the trees, catching a glimpse of a fox behind the fallen oak a
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