Well it's been 13 days on the new job (12 actually, since I was sick on Monday), and I can honestly say that I'm finally finding my footing. Granted, I still have so much to learn, but I'm asking better questions and figuring things out.
In my 12 days, I've only had to pay for lunch once. And I've gotten to travel a bunch (much more starting tomorrow). Plus, in the span of two days, I got to hear Franklin Graham, Robert Schuler and Zig Ziglar. Wow.
Graham spoke at chapel yesterday and was amazing. He was so down-to-Earth, with a message that was both simple and profound. And guess what he talked about... John and the other three being called to be "fishers of men." (OK, God... I'm listening... not quite sure where You're going with this fishing thing). My favorite thing he said: "The most fulfilling thing in life is to be used by God." What a definition of success!
Today I was invited by one of our radio ad reps to the "Get Motivated" seminar in NWA. There were easily 2,000 people there. My favorite speaker of the day, no offense to Zig and Bob Schuler, was Krish Dhanam. Dhanam immigrated from India, and is now on Ziglar's staff. He was hilarious, talking about his life in India. He said his family was so poor, they "went to KFC to lick other peoples' fingers." Ha!
One of the interesting themes of the day to me, was that on a ticket full of world-renowned speakers and multi-millionaires, all of them had one thing in common: a relationship with Christ and a commitment to family. Guess you CAN have it all after all.
Back to this fishing thing, much more than that message seems to be one of understanding my calling. Or, as one of the speakers said today, "Mirror, mirror on the wall... here I am... what's my call?"
Yep, all this and I get a paycheck. I'm a lucky brat indeed.
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Wow!! What a week. You have seen some fantastic people. I am jealous. How old is Zig. I remember him from waaaay back. Memaw Kat
Memaw, Zig is 81 (and, bless his heart, he kept telling the same story over and over) and Schuler is also 81. Both were not as great as they used to be, but still something to see.
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