Life will not go well as a solo venture.
It might appear to go well. There might be accolades and achievements to reflect the solo venture, it might even lift up the spirits recalling the barriers overcome. Yet the fact that we are the product of a social engagement and our arrival on the planet itself was something of a relational transaction there’s something about life that has written in it greater value to be enjoyed with others.
Who can you work with, though?
Some people refer to needing to connect with people of like-mind. Perhaps sharing common interests is the best place to start. Maybe when you meet there’s a chemistry between you that just strikes up.
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to support those elements of how elements like these can be of great help. However as well as that, what about certain characteristics that can be developed over intentional time invested in each other. Qualities like respect and trust. Understanding and compassion. Patience and consideration.
These might be things you think you can suss out immediately, but however attractive the proposition looks at first, it is still over intentional time invested that these qualities can be assured. The beauty of that is as well that no matter how many times we fail in consistently expressing those and other characteristics, each day presents a brand new opportunity to reach out and live out those qualities. In small and significant ways.
That way, we can grow to know those we can work with. Work with in the small matter of enjoying life – life that is there to be enjoyed together.
Not as a solo venture.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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