Tour de Life 3

I have to say that I felt somewhat ashamed to be driving through the towns and seeing the decay and wonder if the powers that be, even notice these things or take the time to reflect on how important leadership can be.  I would rather surround myself with people who make a lot of mistakes but have no problem admitting to them, than to surround myself with people who think they make none.  Mistakes can be worked on and with the right attitude that can be corrected.  My own heart skipped a beat to think that although I have made mistakes they have not been of a nature that I still have an opportunity to get them right.  We need to open our hearts and minds to our lives and fix mistakes we have made and not look back and say ‘I should have fixed it but now it is too late’.  As we crossed the border into Botswana it made me think of crossing from one season of life to another.  It may be a small river or the mighty Limpopo, but once you are in a new season, we need to make sure that we make the most of the experience.  We can with certainty leave behind the past and start looking for opportunities.  You may see the opportunities from afar, but until you cross the border and actually take a step towards a new beginning, you will always have to comment from afar.  For some the border crossing might be a new business venture or a new way of conducting your business, it might be to change financial policies and structures within your office, it may be to step away from the daily grind and truly become entrepreneurs in a land of opportunity.   As the passport control stamped my passport I resolved to start making something from the foundation I have created, to do justice to the effort that has been put in to date and not to stay on the safe side of the border.