Chris texted me the other day with the news that the Magic traded Rafer Alston and some other guys for Vince Carter. I don't really know who Vince Carter is (remember I'm admittedly a bandwagon Magic fan) but Alston sure looked like a stud during the finals.In other trade talk: this morning I saw that the Cardinals traded for Mark Derosa. This is good news for them, they needed another strong right handed bat to keep them in the running for their division title (remember that baseball is a thinking man's game so naturally I follow it much more that the NBA).
On a team it is so easy to see: you need the right people to get where you want to go.
I recently got to talk to a group of pastors. We were talking about the call of followers of Jesus in his kingdom. I made the point that you hear a lot: people capital are the only capital that matters. You no longer need a lever long enough to move the world, you just need the right people. Jesus knew that when he picked his followers, I wonder if we remember that.
Where do you want to go? If you're going to get there, you need the right people in your life. This is certainly true for business, but that's not what I'm talking about. I mean what sort of life do you want to live? What sort of person do you want to be? What sort of things do you want to be engaged in? What sort of social life are you interested in?
If we are going to live, we need to have people in our lives; if we are going to live on purpose, we need to be intentional about who they are.
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