Fly Out Front

There’s No Right Way to Use This Book

This little pamphlet represents some of the things I have learned as I have sought to steer and feed the wild and amazing people in the TUMI movement. Much of this is neither profound nor new, and I claim no wisdom in learning many of these lessons late. More than anything, they affirm my belief that if God is calling you to “fly out front” in a new enterprise, endeavor, or effort, you will need to “chillax” (“chill” and “relax”). You have to be aware of your need and desire to control, and you have to let it go. You must learn to be free, to experiment, to try stuff, to fail, and to be loose. You must learn to “fly out front.” God has used remarkable people to do incredible things for the sake of his glory, and often those chosen to do so must learn to be a little crazy, to actually fly out front, to be the first person to dance, to move, to act, to go forward. More often than not, movements occur because courageous people full of conviction venture forward, not knowing what they are doing, and if it will work. Despite fear, criticism, and ridicule, they stay with their dream, their idea, their burden, and determine to keep going, even if at first (and fifty-first) they don’t succeed. Sure, there’s a time

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