I posted this as a comment today, but wasn't sure if everyone would see it, so I'm putting it here also. Keep moving forward!
I also love the layers of meaning we have in our little comments back and forth to each other. It isn't really about safari or firefox, its about how each of us is choosing to live. There is an acceptance of each other on an overall level, but yet an atmosphere of pushing one another a little bit, or sometimes alot. It seems as if we don't quite trust each other enough to come right out and say it, but we are making some progress. We are getting somewhere boys. If we can all hang on a little bit longer, we are about to crack through to unchartered territory, where few friendships dare to go. We are almost to this magical place where trust and honesty live together in harmony and a willingness to push each other and be pushed allows greatness to occur, individual greatness and greatness as a whole.
In the end, we want an excellent July 11th that was done excellently and communicates excellence, because that is the way things should be done if we are going to do them. Excellence has the level that is seen on stage and in the plaza on that Friday night, and in taking care of the logistics beforehand, but it also has a level that is personal, that involves our friendships and our character, our moments of honesty with each other and ourselves as we engage in the process of pulling off the event. Neither of these levels should be ignored. Each level requires our best efforts. Some of us are stronger at one level and weaker at the other, and the goal should be to help one another become strong at both, within the context of our individual talents and strengths.
This I beleive, is Savoir Vivre.
2 comments:
is it obvious that Josh is on Summer break or what? I agree that we are progressing in our understanding of each of our strengths and weaknesses and the only way I know that iron sharpens iron is by striking them together. Metaphor alert... because churches require no participation (just spectators and money) there is no forum for iron to strike iron. P3 is different, and I agree in a dangerous way. We are going to have to learn to communicate and live openly if we are to change for the better...this includes our ping pong abilities and how we live. But the first one who calls me an elitist is going down :)
It is good, what we have going here and I do think it is a bit unprecedented in many ways. It's always an adventure being a trail-blazer (nto the NBA kind...you know). And there are these interesting moments where our personalities/differences/opinions (not that any of us are opinionated) collide and that is the moment where we can now choose savoir vivre.
and i think we are choosing pretty well.
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