This week I finished the book Leadership is a Relationship on a plane, and am pleased to share the except (depicted) on everyday practices to inform our approach to leadership. I also read this pearl of wisdom (below) the other day in my daily reflection resource, Give Us this Day. And I am pleased to share a song by artist Gaby Moreno, who I also read about this week given that she will be performing in San Francisco later this fall at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.
Blessings on your week ahead!
To be fashioned in the image of God is to be life-giving, generative, and imaginative. All of us are gifted with this potential. We’re not merely consumers, we’re creators! To the point – create more than you consume. Create peace and justice. Create connection between diverse peoples. Create art and music. Plant, grow, cultivate life. Create love and support for family, friends, and community. Our gifts, whatever they may be, are to be used to bring about a more life-giving world.
-Michael Peterson, OSB
FRONTERAS (Borders)
–Gaby Moreno–
There’s a path that brought us here.
It knows nothing about the borders of the passion inside of me.
Longing is what pushes me forward with every new sunrise,
with my fears, illusions, and the remains of yesterday.
Hope is with us.
With it nothing can stop us.
I (go) holding you hand, and you (go) holding mine;
there is nothing to fear.
And I laugh and dance.
It’s in my veins,
and I dream, free.
I belong here.
I belong here.
Who knows what gift
Tomorrow will make to us?
Today is all I have;
I will treasure it.
Thereby manifesting
as much light as I can give off.
And to be happy is the solution;
it can make everything better.
And I laugh and dance.
It’s in my veins,
and I dream, free.
I belong here.
And I laugh and dance.
It’s in my veins,
and I dream, free.
I will go on until the end
I will go on until the end.
I belong here.
Keeping the Faith 