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Authors, sign in!People often ask me, "How did you know what to do as Central Dallas Ministries developed?" Or, "How did you decide what to do to realize the growth that CDM has experienced over the past 15 years?"
Good questions, I suppose.
With a very simple answer: we didn't!
I guess you'd have had to have been here pretty much full-time to understand.
I like what Bernie Glassman says in his stimulating little book, Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life that Matters
Many people won't take a step until they think that they know what the right thing is. There is an expression, "Do the right thing." But how do we know what the right thing is? We can't know for sure. Maybe we should just say, "Do the next thing." And if we do that -- whatever it is -- to the best of our ability, chances are it will turn out to be the right thing as well." (135)
My experience tells me that Bernie is right.
On to the next thing then, okay?
Published August 14, 2008 by Larry James |
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