We all know this phrase, made famous by the 9-11 fire fighters. I was reminded again last week when the rescue workers at the Chilean mine volunteered to go down into the mine in that tiny capsule to assist the miners in their trip up.
Yesterday I met with my Power Rangers. A handful of the most remarkable women you could imagine.
All of us are doing exceptional things. One of us is going to Haiti in a couple of weeks to work in a children's hospital with families suffering from Hiv/AIDs.
One of us is involved in a family tragedy that is beyond anything most parents could imagine. It's the kind of slowly unfolding story from which epic books are written and inspirational movies are made - about the unbreakable human spirit.
She has a history of making the hard choices - even when all kinds of other options are available.
She said to us yesterday, This is where I choose to be. (meaning here with her family in the midst of this long, ongoing tragedy.) I don't want to be anyplace else.
We Power Rangers are getting older. In some ways we're losing our power. But in the most important way we have all the power we need.
To continue to run to the fire.
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