I have been through a lot of tough situations. I have learned to focus my gaze, lift my shoulders back and keep walking through the pain. But it is different when I have to watch others hurt.

We all gain and lose influence with people. Some of this process is natural while some is based on the way we conduct ourselves. Regardless of the reason, something to keep in mind is that influence is key in leadership.

I know you have those days and times when you think that your significance in this world has diminished.  That you don’t matter that much and that the world could spin on its axis just fine whether or not you were here.  But you couldn’t be more wrong.

Life happens in our culture at an unbelievable rate. It sets us up for failure in our relationships with God and man – others and ourselves. But today will not be crazy.

We are on a flight, and David is reading the newspapers on his Kindle. I told him, ‘You are sooooo making my blog!’ He laughed and said, ‘I am so busted!’ He knew what I was writing about.