Hello - Goodbye
“Be strong and courageous.
Do not be afraid or terrified
for the Lord your God goes with you and
will never leave or forsake you.”
--Moses to the people of Israel (Deuteronomy 31: 6)
“We must learn to let go as easily as we grasp
or we will find our hands full and our minds empty.
Though every hello is the beginning of a goodbye, do not lose heart;
for every goodbye may also be the beginning of another hello.”
--Leo Buscaglia (The Way of the Bull), p. 63
My recent trip to Rwanda was organized through a Rwandan based tourism group, New Dawn Associates. The founder of this relatively new business is a young German who said goodbye to his native Germany and said hello to Rwanda a few years after the genocide. Their work is better detailed on the web.
One of Michael's great gifts is empowering Rwandans to lead this company. While we were there he was invited to travel with the President of Rwanda to another emerging African country and teach his methods of business development and empowerment. He seems to live what Buscaglia is teaching: there is a rhythm in every “hello-goodbye-hello” exchange. Hope you have a “hello-goodbye” moment today!
A prayer: God, keep me receptive. Amen.
Ben Keckler
10.14.08
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