“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.” Madeleine L’Engle
One came from the south, the other from the north, the third from the west yet their lineage all came from Croatia.
One brought the gift of tactical, the other study, the third inspiration, all were considered by friend and foe as one of the greats.
Each one of them, while bringing a different approach, all had the same desired destination: to be a part of forming and transforming others into their greatest capacity.
Each one of them, while coming from different context, all had family, mentors and coaches that formed and transformed them: to live into their greatest capacity.
The path of being formed and subsequently transformed is the shared journey of all who have opened themselves into living into the fullness of who they were created be.
Our sacred story is filled with a cloud of witnesses who were formed, transformed, and paid it forward: Abraham, Moses, Jeremiah, Sarah, Rebekah, Miriam, John, Peter, Paul, Mary, Martha.
Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela and Marin Luther King Jr. are a but few individuals whose own transformative experiences continue to inspire others to live into the fullness of who they were created to be.
Every leader I work with at some point muses in one way or another about their legacy. My question in response, “How will you utilize your own formation and transformation to inspire others to do likewise?”
The reality is it is not just just our siblings from scripture, society or championship football coaches who can inspire folks to live into their greatest capacity. Each of us has not just the potential but responsibility to invite, encourage, inspire others to live into the fullness of who they were created to be.
“As fruit ripens, it fulfills itself in reaching its full potential to nurture us and give us pleasure. We might say that, as fruit ripens, it fulfills itself in giving itself to us. In a similar way, we do not undergo the transformative process of ripening for ourselves alone, but rather that our transformed presence might be a source of nurture to others.” – James Finley