I started to title this post "Thinking Bigger" but thought better of it (sorry...I couldn't help myself!) For many, thinking bigger automatically means...larger in scope...more grandiose...loftier. Sometimes it does. But not always.
By the same token, "Thinking Deeper" does not quite fit either. Thinking more deeply is often associated with "more complex." Sometimes it is. But not always.
I do believe, however, that "Thinking Differently"...from different angles...from different points of departure...is something we should all challenge ourselves to do. Amazing things tend to happened when we allow ourselves to think differently...to see things from a different angle.
I was nothing less than inspired recently while reading a blog post by Jeff Henderson - Campus Pastor of The Buckhead Church - titled Four Ways to Change the World. He was recounting a story that Ambassador Andrew Young had shared with him and his co-workers during a recent staff meeting.
To paraphrase, Ambassador Young remembers a conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during which Dr. King said, "Andy...I like the story of the Good Samaritan. I admire the Good Samaritan." He went on to say, "I admire the Good Samaritan...but I don't want to be the Good Samaritan." "I want to change the Jericho Road."
I'm pretty sure I'll never read that story the same way again.
Thinking differently...
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