So I've been thinking about teamwork lately - and how I'm a better person when I'm in a team.
As an "only" child I grew up quite self-sufficient in entertaining myself and relying on myself and forming an opinion that "independence" was something I did by myself, for myself.
But as I move forward into my 40's I am seeing a new side of, "independence."
I am pleasantly surprised at how my "independence of spirit" is actually encouraged and enhanced by my connections to others. Wow! (This is sort of big for me).
With support and caring from others around me I can feel a distinct flow of energy that is actually working toward encouraging me to be my, "best self" and it helps me to move in the direction I want to move for my spirit.
Before, in the past, striving to be my, "best self" was something that I felt was a solitary endeavor -- that only "I" was able to achieve on my own (and the more lonely and stoic, the better!)
Connecting with others is still interesting for me but as I do more of it, and as I find the people I want to be connected with, I'm finding so much more energy to pursue the, "independence of my spirit" than when I was trying to sail without wind.
