Day 44: March 14
The thought for today is COOPERATION.
A couple of days ago while at work, I attempted to move something by myself. It was very large and awkward and quite heavy. As is usually the case with me, I didn’t want to bother anyone else, so I struggled to get the thing out of the box and tried to figure out a way to carry it. I could feel the frustration growing. One of my coworkers who saw this rushed over and gave me a hand. He needed to get this thing out of his way so that he could do his job better and I needed to move this thing to the other side of the building. His assistance not only provided relief for my frustration, but made me feel good about the kindness I was shown.
It was a small demonstration of the value of cooperation. It also prompted me to remember to be humble enough to ask for help when I need it and gracious enough to receive it when offered. When someone assists us and shares the load, not only does it make the task easier, but we build and strengthen relationships with one another, too.
Every kind of mutual cooperation among men is based primarily on mutual trust… – Albert Einstein
Cooperation only works if we let go of control and place trust in the other. It means we act in harmony with each other for the achievement of a common goal and it requires good communication. We each bring to the task those unique gifts that we reflected on in yesterday’s post. What one of us is lacking, the other can fill in.
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. – Alexander Graham Bell
Competition creates adversaries of us by pitting us against one another. It robs us of the benefit of our combined mental and physical activity. When we move together in a spirit of cooperation, however, there is no limit to what we can do. We create a synergistic effect where the result of our joint effort is greater than the sum of what each of us does alone.
How can we work together today to reveal Peace in a larger way? Are we able to make ourselves vulnerable enough to trust each other to achieve our shared goals? Are we willing to share our ideas that we might continue to build on what the other has created?
breathe Peace ~
Rev. Rebecca
