I remember having a teacher in eighth grade tell me I was never going to amount to anything. I won’t share his name with you because I knew he was wrong since my teddy bear loving third-grade teacher Mrs. Shoun had already told me that I would change the world. She told me that I could grow up to do anything and be anything I wanted to if I just set my mind to it.
It wasn’t just Mrs. Shoun’s love for teddy bears, and she did love them (every craft or project we did somehow revolved around bears), that made her so special; it was her love and belief in me. Every time I see a stuffed bear I am reminded of the power that we have to change other people’s lives. The greatest gift we can ever share is to believe in someone. I am so glad that she gave me the courage to believe what she said and ignore what that misinformed eighth-grade teacher told me.
I discovered the power of the stories we tell and how decades later those teddy bears are still shaping my life. I hope the words I write on this site will be a gift to help you believe what’s possible.
I was talking with another leader yesterday and we were talking about creativity and the creation process and how people say to us, you’re always on, aren’t you? Yes, I’m always on on. You can’t turn me off. I don’t have a switch. You might be able to turn me up louder but you can’t turn me off. Being me has ideas show up when they
It’s Sunday and I’ve got a word, so I’m gonna preach for a minute. I have a question for you, Do you suffer from Promiseland Syndrome? So I know you’re asking, Terry what is Promiseland Syndrome. Well I’m glad you asked. PLS as will it is when you have been wandering around the desert of your calling and yet you never seem to break through.
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