Nothing is Impossible

We stand on the cusp of another birthday celebration for our Country. Another year older - but is it any better? The political rhetoric machine is pumping out messages from all sides. Messages of woe and travail, of pomp and victory - messages devoid of truth and reality. It seems nigh impossible to make any sort of progress in this time. Kind of like the army of King Saul as it was arrayed against the Philistines (1 Sam 17). For forty days the giant Goliath had come out and mocked the army - calling out for one brave Israelite to fight him for all the marbles. It wasn't until a shepherd boy, the son of Jesse (David), heard the giant's remarks while visiting his brothers at the front line, that anything got done. Impossible...nothing is impossible when we have the right orientation and utilize our resources to accomplish the tasks put before us. The problem right now is that we are approaching the Goliath-sized obstacles of our own creation with the same individualistic and egocentric thinking that caused them in the first place. The Israelites couldn't defeat Goliath and the Philistines using their own power - neither can we defeat the enormous problems of our day using our power. Goliath was defeated by a small boy who believed in something else. David believed in the power of things unseen and unnameable. The power of belief and faith is what carried the day. So it is with us. We need to look again at the great gifts we have been given (our assets). We need to use the what we know and truly leverage our data to give us the best information and practices. We need to get together in real-time and in real ways in real places to engage in changing our reality. Our shared effort and sacrifice over time will be what changes things for the better. We need to remember how we are connected and the power that a shared vision can have. After all, a shared vision is what created and sustained the Country over these 200+ years. Together, we can defeat all our Goliaths - it is something to get to work on today. Nothing is impossible with faith. Peace for the journey, Dan