A toast to growth

Friends,

I had been on leave for a while.

However, throughout my 'partial leave of absence', I delight each time at the news I receive about friends (including several readers of this blog and members of my online community), colleagues, and members of our @All4Development tribe.

I delight at moments when your seemingly 'impossible' ideas grow and transform lives. I delight at moments when you do things better, because you learnt from experience. I delight that through passion and dedication, we are contributing to solving some of the problems faced by young people from across the world.

I delight that we, like eagles, rejuvenate after painstaking actions. The world needs you now, more than ever. I delight at (y)our progresses, impacts, and daily actions aimed at learning and creating value.

Beyond delights, I celebrate you.

To you, I make this toast. 

Referencing the narrative by Steve Jobs, “Here is to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. The only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

A caveat: each of those words used above is defined positively.

Let's keep growing and creating value.

I look forward to reading from you.