Routt County lost a really bright light this week in Jim Linville, lifelong educator, mountaineer, hero, environmentalist, world traveler, human communicator and philosopher. Recently, challenges have galloped ahead of our human ability to cope, and not everyone behaved or reacted well. We could really use more Jim Linvilles in these complicated times.
Jim could help those around him learn to persevere through challenges with a smile, to see beauty everywhere, in nature and in each other. He observed, listened; he was kind, he sought to understand. He assumed he had something to learn, and he brought people along. Isn’t that the true definition of a leader?