What Kind Of Door Are You?

Dear Leaders:

I was driving to work the other morning and a song came on the radio and I thought to myself...this would be a great topic to blog about....so here we go!

In a song by Jason Gray ("With Every Act Of Love"), Jason has a lyric in that song that really hits home with me - "we have a million doors in this world for people to walk through and one of those doors is you."  What is Jason saying?  What could we as leaders, parents, brothers, sisters, teachers, or individuals learn from this song?

I think of the word opportunity (door) when I hear this song.  Think about your day.  From the time you wake up to the time you go to bed.  Think about the title of the song "With Every Act Of Love".  How many opportunities do you have each day to influence a life?  How many people come to your "door" a day and when they "walk" through your "door" how do you treat them?  Positively or negatively?

As I finish my first full week of school, I've had a lot of students and staff come through my "door".  On my whiteboard here in the office I have a one word hashtag I'm using for the school year to focus on - the hashtag is #opportunity.  Each time I have an individual walk through my "door" I approach each situation as an opportunity to have positive influence towards that person.  I encourage all of you to have that same mindset each and every day.

Take Care,

Mr. Townsend

Opportunity

Looks like I'm going to try to continue my Friday Focus using a blog.  This is new to me so we will see how it goes.  My hope is to keep it updated as much as possible every Friday.

This week I've read a lot about the word "opportunity".  I found a little section on one of my Don Meyer handouts that I found very useful.  I cut it out and now I have it hanging in my office.  Here is the message:

I shall pass through this world but once,
Any good therefore that I can do or any
kindness that I can show to any human
being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.

The concept behind this is that we all have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.  On the handout it has a eye opening diagram.  If you positively influence 4 people in one year that influence over 17 years will or can create a chain reaction to influence 17,179,869,184 people.

My main point with this first Friday Focus Blog is this.  Seize the opportunity you have each day to make a positive influence in the lives of EVERY individual you interact with.  You have the ability to change the lives of many people.

Take care and God Bless,

Mr. Townsend