Fete Lifestyle Magazine February 2024 - Leadership Issue | Page 29

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace

Where there is hatred let me sow love

Where there is injury, pardon

Where there is doubt, faith

Where there is despair, hope

Where there is darkness, light

Where there is sadness, joy

Grant that I might not seek so much to be

Consoled as to console

To be understood as to understand

To be loved as to love

For it is giving that we receive

And it is pardoning that we are pardoned

I aspire to be the light. There is no shame in being human. We all are doing the best we can. Perfect is not an option. We have to feel the feels and do it anyway. As hard as it is.

Numb doesn’t work.

Lead anyway.

Laurette Rondenet is President and CEO of Edlong Flavors, the host of Owning Your Legacy podcast, and a mother of five boys. Her podcast ranks in the top 10% of all podcasts on Apple where she invites other leaders to discuss the legacy they will leave behind. Listen to the Owning Your Legacy podcast.

lauretterondenet.com/podcast