Back in 2005 LWA had a speaking tour named the NOBODY tour, prior to our Stop Consuming Campaign, which some of you have heard of. Not many more than nobody were part of the Nobody Tour, but you gotta start somewhere. I still love the name nobody…..

i love the name nobody for in my mind it attempts to take back a truer definition of success than our culture defines as success.

I want to have eyes that laser in at the great in the somebody God created in everybodybut that the world puts in a garbage can and labels as nobody. I hear so many people feel like “nobodies” :

nobody =

is a child who does have one adult that they are crazy important to
is the feeling of one with great spirit -left unheard
is the uncredited woman behind a great man
is the man of greatness left disrespected
is any of great heart and noble means
is one who has great invention yet unvalued
one of great words-yet unread
those who move mountains with prayer
one of great intelligence-without a pedigree
a beautiful Read more...

true or false:

1. all questions are valid ( whether innocent or cutting and sarcastic)
2. there are sometimes “front questions” (or question pt 1 of 6)
3. which cover up “the real question”(often non intentionally)
4. they have a personal feeling behind them (true, think about it)
5. they provoke thought (some people dont like that)
6. they can be good answers. (i learned that from jesus)
7. they can highlight or mask (intentionally)
8. the feelings and reason= attitude behind the question, shapes the question
9. a question can reveal true feelings and reasons (question behind the question)
10. the question is therefore far more powerful than their innocent face

all true.
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a question is very powerful. it is a window into a brain. it is a hand that can move a thought.

a question is very important. especially when shaping a vision.
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have you ever thought.”why doesnt he Read more...

my son is studying chemistry in college, he wrote me yesterday to tell me that he has 3 labs.
yes, the lab. hands on independent discovery. theory tested. reality defined. problems solved.
most of us like the lab part of class.
cool equipment. dangerous work, bunson burners, safety goggles, chemicals that explode and burn and do cool stuff.
important work
discovering life
and death
and how it all works in between

in my own lab of life i have noticed :

that leaders have a freezing point.

anyone of of us, when leading

just like water, alcohol or oxygen
there are freezing points in our lives:
places
where one moment we were one way
and the next…
……………we are are very different
our old alive, moving, working as made to be
becomes frozen………….

oh, we swear we will never freeze

and then in frozen state
its too late
only the unfrozen
can rescue us

it looks like this in my living Read more...