People NEED People

So today I had an AHA moment! 

An "AHA moment" is a profound, awe-inspiring thought, and it just seemed to make sense, (love when that happens) ...anyways, that thought was, People need people.

It's simple but so very profound. 

We need to serve people. But just as we need to serve others, those people around us need to, in turn serve us! We can't be too worried about being an inconvenience to ask others for help.

They need to help us just as much as we need to help them.

"We RISE by lifting others."

Life is hard.

Life brings pain, and sorrow.

But just imagine for a moment what life would be like if all the hard things, the sad things, and the painful things were taken away. 

Have you ever seen a diamond? I'm guessing somewhere you have. A diamond is beautiful! But it wasn't made like that, just like everything else a diamond went through a process. A diamond is formed out of a piece of coal. A piece of coal that can be broken, black, dirty, and is not worth that much. That insignificant piece of coal is then compressed with EXTREME pressure, and EXTREME heat, for a descent amount of time. Only then is that dusty piece of coal turned into a precious gem that is strong, beautiful, bright, and so much stronger. 

Just like the diamond we are shaped by our experiences, we are molded by how well we've endured our individual, difficult journey's. 

 Each person, individually is like a butterfly, we cannot become who we are meant to become until we have endured some hard and painful journey. Along our journey there are friendships waiting to be formed, people waiting to be served, and ourselves yet to be vulnerable with others as well as ourselves--Truly authentic. 

We cannot just sit around and do nothing, we are destined to live up to our potential, we are made to connect, uplift, and serve other people. We were made for love and belonging. We are not made for endings, we are made up of the stuff of eternity. We MUST get out of our comfort zone, and live life on purpose; for a purpose. 

After embarking on our own meaningful life journey we must invite others to do the same. “...As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same...” 

People make the pain and hardships in life worth it all. They also make the happy and joyous times beautiful. Without people happiness wouldn't mean anything, and pain would never end.

My friends, Be Fearlessly Authentic. 

Be vulnerable.

Venture outside of your comfort zone.

Let your light SHINE!

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Keep being YOU!