Friday Reset 💛 | Week 6
This week, I watched my son walk across a stage at his kindergarten graduation... his very first.
And just days later, I sat in the audience while my husband Cam delivered the keynote address for the first 4th grade graduating class of a Jesuit elementary school here in Baltimore, one he sits on the board for.
Both moments. Same week.
And I couldn't stop thinking about beginnings.
That elementary school was founded by a priest named Father Watters, the same Father Watters who founded the middle school Cam attended, the school that became the starting point for the journey that led him to where he is today.
But Father Watters didn't start with a portfolio. He started with a vision, a middle school, taking boys starting in 6th grade.
Then he founded a high school.
But somewhere along the way, he kept listening. And what he heard told him he needed to reach young men earlier. So he moved the middle school entry point to 5th grade.
And then he kept listening.
And eventually, he realized that earlier still wasn't early enough. That if he really wanted to shape the trajectory of these young men's lives, he needed to reach them at the very beginning of their education.
So he founded Loyola, a preschool and elementary school, welcoming children as young as two years old.
This week, that school graduated its very first 4th-grade class.
Thirty-three years of listening. Adjusting. Refining. Without ever abandoning the original vision.
That's validation.
Not just something you do once before you launch. It's something you return to as your offer grows, as your audience evolves, as God sharpens what He's already placed in your hands.
Father Watters didn't abandon the vision. He refined it. And the refining came from paying attention to the people he was called to serve.
That's exactly what this week was asking you to do.
So as you head into the weekend, a few honest questions:
Did you have the conversation?
Did you send the poll?
Did you gather even one insight from someone you're building for?
If yes, what did you hear? What surprised you? What confirmed what God had already been showing you?
If not, what got in the way? And is there one small step you can still take this weekend?
You don't need a finished product to have a meaningful conversation. You just need to be willing to listen.
Validation isn't a lack of faith. It's how faith gets focused.
And sometimes the sharpest clarity comes from simply paying attention to the people God placed the vision in your heart for.
Keep building. 💛
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Friday Reset 💛 | Week 6
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