No One Should Be Left on the Sidelines
April 9, 2004 |
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Transcript
Years ago my oldest son Kyle and his eight-year-old buddy Doug were throwing the football with me in the driveway. I was playing professional football at the time for the Seahawks. After just a few plays Kyle said to his buddy, “Doug, you need to stand on the sidelines ‘cause just daddy and I are going to play now.” I quickly realized this was not immaturity but imitation. When my kids saw me playing on Sundays they would often see me on the sidelines as the back-up quarterback. And Kyle figured it might as well be Doug on the sidelines. I explained to Kyle that daddy plays business football. They pay me, so they don’t have to be nice to me. And we were just playing for fun so we couldn’t leave anyone on the sidelines. But a few minutes later Kyle told his friend again to go on the sidelines, "because now we were going to play business football." Obviously my teaching skills were inadequate but the point remains - sometimes the values of the place of business don’t line up with the values of the home. We need to love people. We need to love them at work, in the home and we need to love them at school. And to the best of our power we need to see to it that no one is left standing on the sidelines. That way everyone gets to be valued for the special, unique person they are, and given the opportunity to fully contribute and reach their dreams. |
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