Brother Joseph Stout's Words: Brother empowerMENt Reflection
Brother Joseph Stout, long time supporter and friend of Love Is A Parable
We have been friends for more than 10 years, now. I can’t even tell you how we became connected. No mutual friends, other than fate. Maybe it was a random group or blog post, none of that matters because our friendship is the most important and valuable component. When I wrote my first book, he purchased it. We have celebrated our children’s birth, mourned the passing of each other’s loved ones, and we have even encouraged each other. All of this has been done, yet, we have never physically met.
We are two men from two totally different backgrounds, united by a desire to see a better world. We don’t search for the things that divide us but connect us.
He a few decades wiser and he is never too selfish to share his wisdom. I, I am never too ashamed to glean. See, his words are always thought-provoking, timely, and yet, so simple. See, he didn’t know, that this time, when he wrote to me, I was in a place of assessment. I was wondering if I was fulfilling my purpose in the capacity of its authenticity, sometimes, we can alter things without intent and fully unaware. Equally, I was assessing if I am developing leaders to be effective leaders; and most importantly, are we providing impactful, useable services. Bing, I receive a message from a source of light, Brother Joseph Stout. Though nothing necessarily about me, it was still the confirmation of my assessment. We, Love Is A Parable continues to maintain our authenticity, be true to our purpose and origin. It is so very important to remain true to who we are. If we waver, we may compromise a lot of things, ourselves being one of them.
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Bro J, the analogy that Cordell brought up last night, about two people compromising. One may have to take 100 steps and another takes 85 steps. But they come together on a high point. That’s a quote worthy of using as a teaching tool in seminars, classrooms, etc. Because the goal of a compromise is the high point. Maybe the one that had to take 15 steps more than the other, was reluctant at first. “What am I going to get out of doing a little bit extra than the other”? Answer: The high point. If each takes the same, maybe the one that took 85 steps, because of the one that took 100 steps, refused to take 100, and wanted both to take the equal amount, the one that needed to take 85, would have had to cross over the high point, to go half the distance between the two. So the result, is there is no compromise. Because the high point wasn’t reached by both. Powerful powerful powerful.