Last Sunday, my wife and I got a call no parent ever wants to receive.
We went from watching Football to packing bags and booking an unplanned flight to Seattle.
In an instant, everything that mattered fit inside one small hospital room two thousand miles away. Machines, tubes, and monitors took over what we could not control. All we could do was hold on and be there.
In those first hours, I learned again that helplessness has a sound, the steady rhythm of a monitor and the quiet resolve of people refusing to give up.
Then something else began to happen. People showed up.Messages, household chores done, prayers, favors, by family, friends and colleagues. Each act small on its own. Together, they built a net strong enough to catch us.
That’s when I saw what selflessness really looks like. It doesn’t ask for credit or wait for timing. It just shows up, again and again, until the weight starts to lift.
The same lesson applies in our work. Whether you’re leading a team, guiding a borrower, or supporting a colleague, compassion creates strength.It doesn’t cost us production. It multiplies it.
In this business, and in life, relationships are what matters.
So here’s my challenge this week: Find one person you can quietly support. No fanfare. No post about it later. Just presence.
The world, and our industry, could use a little more of that kind of leadership right now.