They say a man is known by the company he keeps, a King by the army he leads and a parent often by the conduct of their child. In the post modern world, it would perhaps be pertinent to say that any great leader will come to be known by the team he leads.

Abraham Maslow best summed it up when he said that “one can choose to go back towards safety or forward towards growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."

In our folklore, there is an adage that says nobody notices a man climbing onto an elephant but for some strange reason everybody sees him falling off. And this was before the age of Youtube! 

How does life appear from a bed for someone who is staring at Heaven’s door in front of him and looking back at life slipping out? What would he be thinking as his life hangs on the life support system and his family grapples with a decision that I wish no one ever has to make? He is my friend of years and I see him slipping out of my reach.

I enjoy reading Jonathan Schwartz's Blog – a link of long standing on my blogroll.