Every year as far back as I can remember, we are encouraged to begin the year with the word - I. As I look back on the last 20 or so years of my life I am pressed to ponder what if I began the year with the word - We?
You see I recently have come to realize that I am very much a part of a community. And while there are times I am arrogant enough to believe that I am the heart or the brain of that community, I am really more like the left cheek of the ass. I get sat on a lot, and my perspective is often facing the wrong direction, because I keep looking at the "I" in my world. The head and the heart are always "We"s.
I have also realized that I don't want the responsibility of being the head and the heart, and for the first time, that's okay too. So, I want to become an arm. Preferably a left arm. (I should start small and go with an elbow, but I don't ever do small.) You see, I am a great "do-er". I can do a lot of things, and do them remarkably well. What I don't do enough of is movement. And while I am not certain of the difference, I know there is one. A drastic difference. I know that this is fine line between real success and ho-hum progress. I am also a creative person, hence the SouthPaw inclination of movement. Left armed dominate people write upside down and often have the element of surprise because most everyone else is a Righty. I like not quite being the "usual".
So in conclusion...
My resolution this year is to become an arm, think in terms of We and actually move.
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