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More leaders could use a dose of self-awareness, like Reeko (the skunk) in Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild:
“I always thought they didn’t want me around because I was a skunk, well…you know it turns out they didn’t want me around because I was a jerk.”
Self-awareness is the first step in discovering your purpose. What were you created to do?
(Thanks to Michael at the Leading Blog.)
In her book Keeping the Faith (reviewed previously in this blog), Ana Mollindo Mims begins with what amounts to a personal manifesto. She says, in part
“I believe in destiny.”
“I believe each of us has a path that points us toward that destiny.”
“I believe that I am here for a purpose, not because of some random occurrence or decision by my parents.”
“I believe events in my life happen for a reason, not by accident.”
And my favorite:
“I believe that we have free will, and when we cede that free will to God’s purpose and plan, in life and in business, we will find ourselves on a journey that will fulfill and elate us, by no one’s standards but His own.”
True fulfillment in life comes by discovering and yielding your passion to the One who gave you that passion. What were you created to do?
I came across a quote this evening that inspired me, as it relates to many things I’ve been learning and talking about in the last few days.
Speaking about how she survived several tragedies and trials in her life, Elizabeth Edwards had this to say:
“People who knew we had lost a son said, ‘You are so strong,’ and when I had breast cancer people would say ‘You are so strong,’ and I thought ‘They don’t know there’s a trick to being strong, and the trick is that nobody does it alone.’”
Nobody does it alone.
No matter what your trials and struggles are today, you are not intended to carry those burdens by yourself. Sometimes we don’t like to admit it, but we are designed to be relational and dependent on each other. Whatever your struggle, you will find strength when you share it with others.
We sometimes think that sharing our struggles is a sign of weakness, or an admission of failure. “If I were just strong enough or brave enough or smart enough, I wouldn’t have to ask for help.” The truth, however, is that we grow stronger through our vulnerability.
Nobody does it alone.
We also grow stronger by helping to carry another person’s burden. When we become so stubborn and independent that we can’t share our struggles, we may be preventing someone else from receiving the joy and blessings of helping us. Just as we all need a little help from time to time, we also have a need to help someone else from time to time.
Nobody does it alone.
