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In 1900 the Daughters of the American Revolution elected the well-known social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. It…
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What More Do You Want?
Gary Smalley & John Trent, The Gift of Honor, p. 116
Keith Hernandez was one of baseball’s elite players—a lifetime .300 hitter, multiple Gold Gloves, a batting title, an MVP award, and a World Series ring. By almost any measure he had arrived. Yet in a candid interview he spoke of something he still lacked: his father’s clear acceptance that what he had done was enough. One day Hernandez asked directly, “Dad, I have a lifetime .300 batting average. What more do you want?” His father answered, “But someday you’re going to look back and say, ‘I could have done more.’” The exchange is almost painful in its simplicity. Even extraordinary accomplishment could not settle the deeper question. The story stays with people because so many recognize the same unfinished conversation in their own lives.
How you’d preach it
Helpful when addressing the ache for a father’s approval or the quiet pressure many still carry to prove themselves. Keep the focus on the longing rather than diagnosing the father.
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