Got this message from a client-turned-coach, a wonderful mom and role model, an amazing friend, and an absolute inspiration. I’m sitting here tearing up in a “this is why I do what I do” moment. She first texted me to tell me how excited she was about a new dress she fit into and how great she physically feels (which I am incredibly happy about), but then this message… wow… really got me. I am completely humbled. Completely touched. And completely grateful for all of my hardest experiences in life, for those were the situations that taught me what I am now able to pass on to others. But I’ve had teachers too. They have come in the form of good friends and family support and incredible parents. They have come in the form of heartbreak. They have come in the form of authors whose books I dove into in times of on-the-floor-in-a-ball-hysterical-crying desperation. They have come in the form of people who on the surface we don’t see eye to eye, who have been challenges in my life and I in theirs, but deep down share the same essence and the same oneness. They have come in the form of soul sisters and people who I consider in my “spiritual tribe”. They have come in the form of seemingly miraculous coincidences revealed to be divinely orchestrated destiny. They have come in the form of clients and of course has come in the form of the same person who wrote this message to me. Think of the kind of world this could be if we could recognize clearly how similar we all are… If we could have compassion for the struggles we all are going through… If we could all be reassured with true faith that the work we are doing through the challenges is worth it… If we could all cooperate and strengthen each other and lift each other up, knowing that we live in a universe of abundance and there is enough for all if we are just willing to share and see… If we could recognize that even the toughest of situations are a benefit to us, aiding in our learning, growth, and expansion… If we could use those lessons to help each other… If we all could lend a few more helping hands knowing that there will always be hands there to help us. That IS the world we live in. We need only awaken and SEE it.
Today, lend a few more helping hands. We are all each other’s teachers.