I caught a shivering boy stealing bread. As I grabbed his arm, he sobbed, “Please don’t call the police, my brothers are starving and mom hasn’t woken up in two days.” skeptical, I followed him to his rundown apartment. When I pushed the bedroom door open, my heart froze…
saved her brothers. She had saved my sister. And, in the process, she had saved me from the cold, sterile fortress I had built around my own heart.
She taught me that true power isn’t in destroying your enemies in a boardroom. True power is having the strength to pull someone out of the mud, even when the rest of the world is laughing.