Amending a SayGoBeDidn't by Kathy

Was on a conference call today, felt I should share something and didn't so this is what I wrote to the people in that group:
I don’t imagine I’m the only one who thinks that the few minutes for comments and questions at the end of a call should be for “someone else.” It always seems like there might be someone with a clarification question that will help everyone or someone who will share an amazing experience. I felt like I should share a comment but didn’t with those kinds of thoughts preventing me. But as soon as I hung up I realized that I didn’t follow a SayGoBeDo when I’m trying to learn to follow them every time (read the book, take the challenge!). Thank goodness for second chances (i.e. email groups :)


What I wanted to share was a quote from Jacque Lusseyran that is so powerful and it perfectly fit with the topic of allegiance and the things we were taught. Of his 330 days in a concentration camp Lusseyran said he had “…not a single evil memory…I was carried by a hand. I was covered by a wing.” Truly, when we have our allegiance in the proper place and we are following our calls, any hardship that we have will be inconsequential when compared to the lessons learned and the impact made. I wouldn’t begin to compare mentoring to a concentration camp :) but there are times when the sacrifices you make look like piles of undone laundry or personal projects abandoned. Then we wonder if it’s all worth it. I submit that it is. If for no other reason than this—the world desperately needs high-caliber leaders. They are in your classroom (except for the ones that are in my classroom :) There is no doubt in my mind that when we mentor we can be carried by a Hand and covered by a wing. And with that kind of allegiance and assurance we can know that “…they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” (2nd Kings 6:16)