Find your people.
You know the ones…
The ones who bring you hope and inspiration. Comfort. Care. Encouragement.
The ones who help you clarify your thinking. Shape your ideas. Believe in possibility.
The ones who see and honor the real you. And you, them.
This is the advice I gave my son when he started at a large new school not knowing anyone, as well as what I frequently remind myself in all aspects of my life.
Sometimes when things feel overwhelmingly hard or dark, I tend to go inward. And, that can be really important. At the same time, I am consistently reminded of the power of connection. Reminded it’s very much a “both/and.”
I feel grateful for the serendipitous scaffolding of my schedule weaving intentional gatherings and get-togethers into this time. And, with them, a welcome path out of the “fight/flight/freeze/fawn” response so many of us experience in the face of what we are witnessing in the world.
Together, we can find our agency. Our fire. Our light. We can all change the world if we all do what we can. And our people help remind us of that. They reflect back our light. And we reflect back theirs. The power of one, becoming the power of many.
There is something magical, too, that happens when we come together in community. I hear it from my clients who participate in retreats, group coaching and workshops, and I experience it myself. We gain so much from real human connection. Authentic. Vulnerable. Open.
And, so often, others’ journeys can bring something to our own. Somehow, too, the right people cross our paths at the right time for the right reasons and so much intentional synchronicity dances with fate, often creating a virtuous cycle.
This can be especially true when we have a vision for a future that looks different than what we experience today, be it in our lives or in our world. When we step towards any Some Day that might result in change, it can be so important to have people alongside us on our journey that can see (and celebrate) whatever it is that is taking shape.
Some days, the fog will roll in and we may have trouble seeing the Some Day or the path or progress towards it ourselves. Even if we saw it clearly yesterday. Our people can help remind us it’s there. Help us trust.
In some ways, they hold our big dreams as their own, and we theirs. Whether our paths intersect only briefly or maybe forever.
So, find your people. Harness hope. Love. Hold onto one another. Step by step down the long path of progress.