This story reminded me of a lesson I once learned. I led a team of people to the inner city of Chicago to serve an organization that was helping people in need of better health services. Our job was to gut an old building that would be used as a clinic. The building had been known as "the murder building" because of the frequency of that event in and around it. This organization was redeeming it.
Our team had one wheelbarrow to haul out pieces of wall, floor and other debris. In the early afternoon of the first day, the tire went flat. I was inclined to stop work and head to the store to find a replacement. Those that I was leading had a different idea. Our work was too important and the time we had was too short. Rather than quit, they kept going - carrying the wheelbarrow rather than rolling it. There were no excuses. There was no quit. They showed me the power of grit, determination and ingenuity.
We never have all the right tools - except we usually do. I'll take brains, guts and determination over money and resources any day.
There aren't enough people like this.
