Teamwork: an act of love to delegate so I can be alone and creative and constructive.  The idea of others helping so we can honor ourselves.  I finally brought an idea to life last weekend when I hosted my first support session for my friends.  This idea stemmed from a conversation I had two months ago where a few of my mom friends were really stressing out and we talked through how we were feeling only to find solutions.  On the surface this seems like a really commonplace thing.  It’s no secret that talking things out helps people.  But what unfolded for me that night was a vision of empowerment.  Regardless of our “roles” in the family, we need to acknowledge that the way things are in society now does not support what is actually needed in our lives.  We are told that we have to do it all or we are failures.  That we have to make sure it’s all done correctly or we are failures.  That we can’t have all of our dreams until we fulfil the needs and obligations of our employers, families, and friends, oh and the systems we feed into.  I wanted to create a place where we could come together and solve these issues, a community, a network, a web designed to catch all of us whenever we needed it. 

We need to understand that regardless of any expectation put upon us, we are human and there are simply times we can’t do it alone.  We have individual strengths that we can use to help each other and there is no reason for us to feel we have to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders.  This isn’t about proving what we can do.  In fact, if we stopped worrying about proving anything and we learned to support each other in our goals and pursuits, we’d see that so much more can be done.  Instead of supporting another organization or institution, if we support the people, amazing things can get done.  We are creative and we are meant to create.  We all create in different ways, we all have different inspiration.  The world wants that creativity to expand—and the best way we can do that is through working together.  It is an act of love, not only to ourselves but to others when we delegate.  We learn that we don’t need to do it all, that we are showing trust when we allow others to do things as they see fit.  We learn that we deserve rest and that what we do is enough—sometimes someone else needs to help us pick up a bit and that they are capable to do so.  This isn’t like high school where we try to put the entire project on one kid, this is about allowing everyone to use their strengths and to actually utilize them in a capacity that works for everyone.

Society may say that we have to do it all or have it all in order to be accepted or deemed worthy.  The natural human function and rhythm says we are worthy as we are and that all we need to do is use our natural gifts and talents to help others.  Why not create a team of people we can trust and rely on in times of need?  Why not create a group that supports and encourages each other to do what is right for them?  Why not work with people to develop their talents until they feel so confident that they are fulfilling their purpose every day?  The purpose of this is to feed enough energy into each other that we learn to fill our own cups enough to continue the cycle and continue creating amazing things.  We can do amazing things.  We are intentional creatures who get distracted by the outside voices. But when we get quiet and learn to harness our power and energy, we learn the truth of who we are and we find those who are meant to support us along the way, and those we can support along the way.  We help others the most in being ourselves.  We help ourselves the most by being ourselves as well.  Find that team, and if you can’t find it, create it.  It changes everything.