Every Year Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois lead by Senior Pastor Bill Hybels puts on a Global Leadership Summit where church and business leaders from all over the world speak and inspire with their experience, success and faith. This year 76 countries, 400 cities and over 100,000 people participated, listening to speakers such as Tony Dungy, business writer Jim Collins, CEO of Gore & Associates Terri Kelly among others. One of my favorite speakers was Blake Mycoskie who created TOMS shoes. It's a new business concept that gives a pair of shoes to someone in need for every pair of shoes that is sold. They don't have a marketing budget because the people who buy their shoes pass on the message and people want to buy TOMS shoes because they want to be part of something great.
So why does a stay at home mom who writes a blog and hopes to ride across the country on a motorcycle someday want to go to a leadership summit? Because I want to be part of something great! I think everyone wants to be part of something great. For many years I looked all over for something great to be a part of. I organized a Moms club, I worked with a Women's Ministry on all kinds of great things. I finallly realized (thank you, God!) that none of these other great things mattered if my life at home wasn't great. When I refocused and worked hard to be part of my kid's great lives, their lives became great and so did mine.
There are hundreds and thousands of great things that are worthy to be part of, but I would tell anyone that if you are not part of your kid's great stuff, then all the other great things won't seem so great anymore.
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