I have been challenged by the concept of meditation. . . I decided recently to accept the invitation … - Laurie Beth Jones

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Laurie Beth Jones

I have been challenged by the concept of meditation. . . I decided recently to accept the invitation of a friend to experience the sheer silence of meditation-undirected prayer. . . . I had before only sensed intellectually. . . But by going deep into prayer I could almost feel it.

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Leaders identify, articulate, and summarize concepts that motivate others. Most important, they boil concepts down to an understandable idea.

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Nobody wins until we all do.

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Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

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A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.

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Jesus regularly visualized the success of his efforts. . . 'I always do what pleases God. '. . . Was this conceit? Or was it enlightened creativity and self-knowledge?. . . Jesus was full of self-knowledge and self-love. His 'I am' statements were what he became.

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