I Love Airports!!

I had the opportunity this weekend of attending America Future of America leadership conference in Kansas City, Missouri. I am so grateful for the opportunity to spend the weekend with some of the brightest college students all studying agriculture from all across the country. It was pretty incredible!  I ended up flying by myself via Delta airline so I got to spend a little bit of time in the airport. I am an avid fan of people watching and airports are some of the best places to do that! It is pretty incredible the number of people that would go through a airport terminal in the matter of a few hours, everyone from every walk of life and from all situations. I love it! I was impressed today with of the love of God and just how amazing it is to think that he is so aware of each of us. What a difference it makes to know of his love and how that changes every thought and action.

At the end of the conference one the peer mentors showed a video by Kid President called the Pep Rally. In the video Kid President makes a statement that really stuck with me. He talks about team work and how we are all on the same team, then after a pause he states, then start acting like it. I thought of all the people an airport, a city, a community, any group of people, are all on the same team but how do we act like it? I know this weekend we talked a lot about being competitive and extraordinary and being above average as individuals. These terms don't bring people together but in reality cause people to do everything on their own for themselves. I know I have fallen into that mind set so many times. I also realize that in the world we live in that is required and it isn't going to go away any time soon. What needs to happen to create a unifying, team culture among those around us? I think that true unity comes as everyone is being built together. That each is working for the common good of others and as a result everyone is edified. It is so individual and requires every individual to do their part. At the conference one of the speakers told us to find a mentor that we can talk to about life situations and run ideas by, a peer that we can be real with and get feed back from, and then someone that you can invest in. That is my challenge this week, find someone that you can invest in and help to build up. Be interested in what they are doing and help them to achieve the desires that they have. I can promise that if you will do this you will find a great amount of happiness in your life and you will create a culture of unity in your community and in your own life. In building others we will be built ourselves.