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Thanks for tuning in (hopefully more than once)
This blog post is directed towards the power of doing things together. We often start our ventures alone, wanting fame (?) and the infinite glory (??) it brings. But in the midst of quenching our very human thirst for recognition, we forget a very important thing - having people to share it with.
I was recently part of a team organising an event, and mind you, I played a really small part. Everyone worked and worked and finally, we pulled it off.
What's so great about it?
Well, we had a lot of pitfalls. A. LOT.
But somewhere between not sleeping and consoling one another about the success of the event, I realised something really awesome.
I realised the beauty of knowing and trusting people. I realised how the big-scary obstacles turn into small, easy things, when you trust others and do your bit.
Talking about the event some more, I was a fresh recruit to the team (duh?), meaning I knew no one other than a single friend. I met new people, learnt new skills, made new friends. Everything was going better than expected.
At one point, this specific event was almost cancelled. Obviously it left all the people I was working (read enjoying) with heartbroken. But again, as the greats have said, sharing one's anguish diminishes it. We all talked each other through it, hoping and wishing for the best and it finally happened. We pulled up our socks and got back to work, knowing we had to do a lot more than before. Again, the spirit of the collective triumphed :D
A lot of times our nervousness got the better of us, but knowing that there were others, others we trusted, made it all very easy.
As I said (read wrote) in my last blog post (I'm being overconfident and assuming you've read it) we keep adding more instances to the class "our people" (pardon my slightly geeky language), we make ourselves slightly more comfortable, slightly more secure.
So coming to the title of this blog post, have some more people to share your life with. Put out some more chairs next to yours. Share your pizza with a few more, because at the end of the day, you'll thank God for them.
Keep shining :D
Thanks for tuning in (hopefully more than once)
This blog post is directed towards the power of doing things together. We often start our ventures alone, wanting fame (?) and the infinite glory (??) it brings. But in the midst of quenching our very human thirst for recognition, we forget a very important thing - having people to share it with.
I was recently part of a team organising an event, and mind you, I played a really small part. Everyone worked and worked and finally, we pulled it off.
What's so great about it?
Well, we had a lot of pitfalls. A. LOT.
But somewhere between not sleeping and consoling one another about the success of the event, I realised something really awesome.
I realised the beauty of knowing and trusting people. I realised how the big-scary obstacles turn into small, easy things, when you trust others and do your bit.
Talking about the event some more, I was a fresh recruit to the team (duh?), meaning I knew no one other than a single friend. I met new people, learnt new skills, made new friends. Everything was going better than expected.
At one point, this specific event was almost cancelled. Obviously it left all the people I was working (read enjoying) with heartbroken. But again, as the greats have said, sharing one's anguish diminishes it. We all talked each other through it, hoping and wishing for the best and it finally happened. We pulled up our socks and got back to work, knowing we had to do a lot more than before. Again, the spirit of the collective triumphed :D
A lot of times our nervousness got the better of us, but knowing that there were others, others we trusted, made it all very easy.
As I said (read wrote) in my last blog post (I'm being overconfident and assuming you've read it) we keep adding more instances to the class "our people" (pardon my slightly geeky language), we make ourselves slightly more comfortable, slightly more secure.
So coming to the title of this blog post, have some more people to share your life with. Put out some more chairs next to yours. Share your pizza with a few more, because at the end of the day, you'll thank God for them.
Keep shining :D
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