The LIFE! Staff Creed:

“I shall pass through this world but once,
Any good therefore, that I can do,
Or any kindness that I can show to any human being,
LET ME DO IT NOW.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
For I shall not pass this way again.”

LIFE! (Leadership Is For Everyone) is a company created by one of my former professors at SFA (I got a B in his class, if you were wondering).  In November I had the opportunity of joining him and his staff in facilitating a leadership retreat for high school Key Club students called “Weekend of A Lifetime”.  I walked away from that weekend energized (possibly from the caffeine)  and excited to see how I could implement some of the things that I had learned into my job as an advisor.  To be honest, I hadn’t though much of it since November, but as I was flipping through the material I acquired that weekend I came across the LIFE! Staff creed.  I liked it so much I thought I’d share it with you all.  It encourages me in two areas that I struggle with – immediacy and intentionality.   It’s much better than my current philosophy of “better late than never” — in 2008 I want to be more intentional and live more in the moment.

I’ve got two more retreats this year (Jan and Feb).  I’ll be sure to share with you any other nuggets of wisdom I pick up.