Many Hands
"It is a fact that in the right formation, the lifting power of many wings can achieve twice the distance of any bird flying alone." ~Author Unknown
I had a menial yet important task to do yesterday that I have done before. It was one of those things that I've done a million times before for so many different causes. We all have these moments, the folding of the tri-fold or the making of the conference folder or the stapling of the handouts. The length of the task is dependent on the number of items that are due to be dealt with.
The last time I did this task it was a four hour process because the number needed was high. Yesterday, when I started my journey it was with a few friends and an expectation of hours of work. We did what we always do, we began to talk and laugh and joke as we made our hands busy with the task at hand. This time, a team of helpers came around. First a few, then a few more. Before I knew it we were surrounded by an army of volunteers all busily working on completing our assembly line.
As I worked, I discretely soaked in the conversation around me. We talked of our families, our jobs, our experiences. We challenged each other to work quicker, we joked at the level of commitment each other had, we critiqued each other's piles of stuff. While we talked the work grew lighter and lighter. What was supposed to last hours took only minutes. For so many who came out it seemed like too little to do and some of the team looked for more to make this time last.
That is the beauty of a team. When everyone comes together with an end in sight , the journey becomes the most important thing and the destination is just a matter of when everyone gets there. The task we had became a conduit to getting to spend time together. The conversation was so refreshing that the event became so much more than initially expected.
I'm thankful for the formation of incredible people that I fly with. Thank you team for the blessing of your time and energy and for the incredible things you do!
I had a menial yet important task to do yesterday that I have done before. It was one of those things that I've done a million times before for so many different causes. We all have these moments, the folding of the tri-fold or the making of the conference folder or the stapling of the handouts. The length of the task is dependent on the number of items that are due to be dealt with.
The last time I did this task it was a four hour process because the number needed was high. Yesterday, when I started my journey it was with a few friends and an expectation of hours of work. We did what we always do, we began to talk and laugh and joke as we made our hands busy with the task at hand. This time, a team of helpers came around. First a few, then a few more. Before I knew it we were surrounded by an army of volunteers all busily working on completing our assembly line.
As I worked, I discretely soaked in the conversation around me. We talked of our families, our jobs, our experiences. We challenged each other to work quicker, we joked at the level of commitment each other had, we critiqued each other's piles of stuff. While we talked the work grew lighter and lighter. What was supposed to last hours took only minutes. For so many who came out it seemed like too little to do and some of the team looked for more to make this time last.
That is the beauty of a team. When everyone comes together with an end in sight , the journey becomes the most important thing and the destination is just a matter of when everyone gets there. The task we had became a conduit to getting to spend time together. The conversation was so refreshing that the event became so much more than initially expected.
I'm thankful for the formation of incredible people that I fly with. Thank you team for the blessing of your time and energy and for the incredible things you do!
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