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Thought of the Week 8-26-2008

Thought of the Week 8-26-2008

“Strength does not come from physical capacity; it comes from an indomitable will.”

– Calendar on my wall

The Olympics really stirred something in me. It’s this concept of “Will.”

Will is an interesting thing to me. On the one hand, Anna (my baby) totally frustrates my when she has a strong will and will not listen. (She has learned so many things like how to discreetly place tomatoes and other slimy foods on my arm and watch them slide into my lap during meals). Of course, if you are a parent, you have heard of or read books about “the strong willed child,” which are often filled with ways to break this will.

However, there is another kind of will that is inside of a person that is very important to keep in tact. My wrestling coach in Middle School used to say, “Have heart boys… When you are down, and you have all but been pinned to the mat, it’s ‘heart’ that will drive you to roll over and get up.” He used to yell, “Come on, it’s time to show me some heart!” It was at those points I would really put up a fight. You know, there were many times that I didn’t win, but I didn’t give up either. As I have progressed through the years of school, sports, work and life, I can still hear coach yell at different times in my ear, “SHOW ME SOME HEART!”

Today is one of those days. When you see things that you have leaned on, people you have entrusted, situations you have planned for disappear, leave, or change; it’s at those moments that “WILL” really shows up.

I wonder if I would still be using a candle if Edison had given up after the 100th try at the light bulb, or what might genetics would have been like if Mendel had given up experimenting on peas and honey bees because he couldn’t get the results he wanted from the first four plants and trials. I wonder what music would have looked like had the Beatles given up after the first label turned them down. I wonder what art would be like today if van Gogh had never acted out on his heart for the artistic, because his religion did not approve.

I wonder what would have happened to freedom had a few colonials not hung out at George Wythe’s house, framed an idea and signed a paper. I wonder what would have happened if Abraham Lincoln would have given up after he lost his first election, or if Annie Sullivan had not forced a little blind girl to behave and “feel.”

What do you think would have happened to Civil Rights had Rosa Parks not “brought it to the front of the bus” or if MLK had not “Had a Dream?”

In every one of these stories, I can hear some coach somewhere saying, “SHOW ME SOME HEART!”

Without this “heart,” this “will,” where would we be today? I guess the question today is, “Will we continue? Will we have the will? Will you show some heart?

I think today, I will dig in and show some heart!

I challenge all of us to do the same! No matter your challenge this week or in the future, if you haven’t had a coach yell it at you before, hear me yell it to you today. “COME ON _______, SHOW ME SOME HEART!”

Today, I leave you with a few quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (A hero who showed us all “some heart”);

“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”

“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.”

FROM THE “I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH”:

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.”

Have a wonderful week!

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Dustin Hedrick

Operations Manager

Burt Associates, Incorporated

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

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Dr Job’s Mission | Tapestry AM Podcast 8-17-2008

Tapestry Podcast AM Service
Date | 8-17-2008
Speaker | Dr. Job from India
Title | Dr. Job’s Daughters of the Martyrs

Dr. Job came from India to the Tapestry again to share more of his heart with us. If anyone knows Dr. Job and his story, you know that he is always a blessing. His story is truly of a living martyr who has fought the good fight. Go to his webpage and check out more: http://www.drjobsmission.com/. He worked to help grow the Voice of the Martyrs and now he works on through Dr. Job’s Mission. Listen in here!

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Pastor Fidelis | Tapestry AM Podcast 7-27-2008

Tapestry Podcast AM Service
Date | 7-27-2008
Speaker | Pastor Fidelis
Title | Tapestry AM Service 7-27-2008

Pastor Fidelis preaches another awesome sermon and encourages the church. Listen in on the Tapestry AM 7-27-2008 sermon!

Blessings!

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Peter Kim | Tapestry PM Podcast 7-13-2008

Tapestry Podcast AM Service
Date | 7-13-2008
Speaker | Peter Kim
Title | Ezra & Nehemiah

This is one of the foundational sermons for the future of the Tapestry. If you listen to ONLY ONE sermon this year, you HAVE to listen to this one!!!!

Peter really encourages us through this message!

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Thought of the Week 8-14-2008

Thought of the Week 8-14-2008

“A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.”

– Elbert Hubbard

Believe it or not, but I have been thinking a lot about failure this week. As I watched the Olympic Games, while witting at the hospital the other night, I saw winners, I saw losers, I saw triumphs, I saw blunders; however, I could not for the life of me find one failure!

It’s funny how we so quickly dismiss the person that doesn’t rate gold, silver or bronze, yet what does it take to even be able to compete in the games? I mean, we have to ask ourselves, “Could I have done it?”

When I thought about all the hard work, effort and achievement it takes to simply be able to join in on the actual games, I realized that THIS IN ITSELF IS SUCCESS!

“Success is a Journey.” – Fortune Cookie (note from one I ate on Monday!)

No matter the outcome in front of the cameras, behind the scenes what needed to be done was done so that these hopeful competitors could raise the bar, set the records and meet the challenges ahead. I believe it’s what happens behind the scene that’s most important in all of life.

If we are able to do what it takes to qualify, then we HAVE been a success! And not only that, but I don’t think that anyone who has blundered at some level, once they learn from it, doesn’t think about how much that blunder was worth after the fact. I embrace my failures so that I can learn from them and succeed later. It’s the blunders that drive me further, harder, and faster. It’s the drive and commitment behind the scene that leads me to compete. This is SUCCESS!

Here’s a snippet of an article I read about “Dan & Dave” of the 1990’s shoe company commercials:

…At the American Olympic Trails in June of 1992, the unthinkable happened. Dan O’Brien, gold medal favorite and marketing icon, failed to qualify for the Olympics!

Overestimating his ability in the pole vault, Dan set the bar too high — an epic blunder. On his first attempt, he missed. No worries though, he still had two more tries. On his second attempt, he didn’t even come close. By his final attempt, Dan was so tight with pressure that he had no hope of clearing the bar. His Olympic dream was dashed, Reebok’s ad campaign was trashed, and Dave Johnson headed to the Olympics alone.

After the anguish and public humiliating of missing the Olympics, Dan could have given up his dream of winning Olympic gold. He was the laughingstock of the media, and he had missed a rare opportunity to compete on the world’s greatest stage. However, Dan was a competitor, and he bounced back.

For four long years, Dan O’Brien funneled the emotions of his failure to fuel his resolve to make the 1996 Olympic Games. Rather than drowning out the memory of his mishap at the Olympic Trials, O’Brien repeatedly watched his botched attempts in the pole vault. Refusing to wallow in his setback, he learned from it, and he redoubled his training efforts.

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, O’Brien gained redemption and achieved his dream by capturing the gold medal in the decathlon. (August 2008 Leadership Wired)

It was Napoleon Hill who said, “The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”

So, I guess what I am trying to say is nothing worth doing at least twice is worth doing at all. So, when you fall, get back up and make that failure your drive! I dare you to show the world what you are made of!

It’s not failure I need to worry about, but success, as long as I keep my focus on fearing failure, I will never win!

“Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.”

– William S. Gilbert

Have a great week!

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Dustin Hedrick

Operations Manager

Burt Associates, Incorporated