Dear Jim,

(i blogged the below post this morning, and couldn't resist also including it here as it seemed to capture the TLIO spirit)

this morning i received the below email. both the email and the video (see link) deeply impacted me. the greatest benefit for me in writing books and having a blog is that it allows me to cross paths with so many people who enrich my life and journey. most of the time you are the teacher and i am the student. here's the letter and link…

"you have been real to me, brother - i can't say how many times - in both reading d.n. and reading your blog.

i'm a sales manager and one of my sales guys emailed me this link - the story is great - to think that in my every interactions with customers and all people, i can somehow touch their lives in a deep way. here's the link if you want to check it out - the note in the bag, on the one of the last slides says… "it's not how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do."

i've always been a big 'doer', especially in church stuff. i grew up in church, and it was the biggest thing in my life - i even left a church to start an emergent church - but the more i did, the more empty i became. it was just a constant doing…we've left the church now, and are finding our way beyond… into the wide open spaces. i'm now seeing how God is all around and speaks in so many ways - this video, and my sales guy sending it to me is proof to that.

thanks man, for the love you put into what you do - it hit me deep.

peace"

(photo by codybaldwin)