On the Horizon

Let’s build bridges, not walls. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shortly after that I-75/I-85 connector bridge in Atlanta went out; I noticed an REI outdoor recreation company sign that said: "built on purpose." I thought about this and how bridges are built with a purpose. It's a double entendre that a bridge helps people and commerce travel from one side to the next and is deliberate in its intention. We must become intentional about building bridges and connecting as a society. We must traverse through the smoke and the fog and become intentional about crossing over to the other side.?

The Atlanta bridge took over forty days to get back up and running. The prognosticators said it would take six months to a year before it would be used. Collectively we focused on intention and shortening that span. We focused and invested time, money, and energy on that particular goal. The ribbon-cutting ceremony included the Secretary of Transportation, Mayor, Governor, and other politicians and dignitaries. Republicans, Democrats, and white, black, Hispanic, rich, and poor people stood in the crowd. We were all there to celebrate the accomplishment of rebuilding this bridge. It was a bridge our city and community needed, and we built this bridge in record time together.

This message encourages you to remember that building a bridge is a leadership imperative. We are in a season where we see others tearing people down and decimating them. The other side is a social responsibility to be a leader in building bridges. This starts with compromise, uplifting others, and finding the commonality on both sides of that connecting bridge.

Declaration:?Today I will build bridges that take us to new places.