If you've been a regular reader of this blog, thanks! I've had a lot of fun blogging, and I hope you've had a lot of fun reading.

Now, for a weird suggestion... I encourage ya'll to take some time this week to do nothing but think. Too many people (myself included!) have lost the ability to think - to truly think out of the box (as cliche as that is). For me, information overload has caused thinking underload. Great leaders must be great distillers of information just as much as they are great learners.

It's like we all have a big bag of puzzle pieces (of information). Too often, I don't take the time to put the puzzle together - I'm too busy collecting more pieces and putting them in our bag. I'm so proud of how big my bag is even though I don't know what the puzzle is trying to tell us. What is the meaning of it all?

This week, take a break from all the blog-reading (even this one!), blogging, the craziness of work, and our hectic lifestyles. =) And actually, I won't be posting anything for the rest of this week. Here's why...

The timing actually works out pretty well. I'm going to Haiti next week on a medical missions trip with my church for ~2 weeks. Have no fear - I already have two entries that will be posted here and there (on time-delayed release). Plus, Lord willing, I come back in one piece, I'll tell ya about the medical experiences I had in Haiti, the poorest country in our hemisphere.

So, I'm going to try to follow my own advice. Instead of blogging this week, I'm going to take that time to reflect. There are too many puzzle pieces that I still need to fit together so that I can be fully ready for my trip.