“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”
– Abraham Lincoln
As I anticipated this post, I contemplated making sure the quote was from Dad.
This is the right quote, though, to lower the curtain. And, to move on to whatever comes next.
Many of you have been with me for over 3,000 posts. For your input, inspiration, loyalty and for joining in the conversation, I offer my heartfelt thanks. You have made me better every day, and you have made a difference for me. I hope, somehow, perhaps this blog has done the same for you.
What has been a labor of love for nearly 16 years has become more labor than love, so the Daily Difference closes out it’s run in this format for now.
I have a family and a team that deserves my undivided attention. These are times that are so divisive that I find it more and more difficult to take the high road — and admittedly, that’s not a path I’ve always chosen, anyway. So, for multiple reasons, it is time to stand down. Why now?
There are two primary drivers in my life; Faith and Family.
I’m not sure either has gotten what they deserve from me lately — and so I’m going to invest much more deeply in both of them, in hopes that if difference-making really is what drives me, that I’ll make a difference in those two circles of influence, as a means of getting healthy, getting re-focused and getting “better,” every day.
I love to write.
Thank you for giving me a reason to write. As I journal and explore and look within, here’s hoping that it stokes the fire at least as much as y’all have for almost a generation.
Until next, here’s to difference-making, and to difference-makers like you.