Grateful for Teamwork (TY-22)

 

I deeply appreciate teamwork! Let me share a story that has been passed along in my circles for at least a decade. I have no idea who first wrote it, but it needs to be shared as an example what teamwork is not:

This is a story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry with that because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what  Anybody could have done.

To this date these four people are still arguing why Nobody did the job.

This story also brought to mind a quote by Thomas Jefferson: “Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.”

Teamwork and cooperation is all about working together, delegating parts of the whole to tackle a challenge that one person alone cannot do. Certainly if it is single task that one can do alone, there is no need to delegate; however, if it is a large project or endeavor, then teamwork becomes imperative. There is no time for arguing or debate. I am grateful for teamwork where there is productive meeting of the minds, where everyone has the same vision and goal. I appreciate the efforts of each person on that team who make the project possible, such as a major fund-raiser for a worthy and charitable organization. A successful fund-raiser needs a team of people to work together.

I am grateful specifically to the volunteers and team players who made a recent fund-raiser for the Friends of the Poquoson Public Library successful and fun! Over 30 people were involved sharing many hours organizing volunteers, creating and placing public announcements, collecting books, sorting books, setting up the space of the fund-raising event (tent, tables, books), selling the books, cleaning up, etc. I would like to thank each and every one who were involved! Thank you so much for contributing your team spirit! You made the event worthwhile and successful!

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Hope Revisited

 

What is hope? Hope is holding onto a belief of a positive future. It is having faith. It is trusting that everything will be alright. The anticipation of a positive outcome or event can also define hope. Everything will turn out for the best. Hope is to wish for something with the expectation of its fulfillment. Can hope lead to disappointment? Maybe, but I would rather be hopeful than despondent or in a state of despair. There is more joy in hope.

On hope, the wisdom of the following express what I, too, believe.

Albert Einstein stated: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

Thomas Jefferson expressed: “My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

My question to you is: what are your hopes? Never stop hoping.  (from January 22, 2012)

These words still hold true for me now. Hope is optimistic! Hope gives one something for which to strive. Giving up hope is failing to try to live a life of possibility.

Why go down that road to despair and depression? Even if a situation seems hopeless, you gain so much more in reaching for the winning outcomes and experiencing life. We will lose/fail one hundred percent of those things we never attempt. Failure only occurs when we stop trying. Hope keeps our hearts blissful. It is that positive anticipation that drives our life purpose.

You decide, what are your personal gains or losses to hope? Do the gains out-measure the losses? I have a feeling that they do.

 

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Hope

What is hope? Hope is holding onto a belief of a positive future. It is having faith and trusting everything will be alright. An anticipation of a positive outcome or event can also define hope. Everything will turn out for the best. Hope is to wish for something with the expectation of its fulfillment. Can hope lead to disappointment? Maybe, but I would rather be hopeful than despondent or in a state of despair. There is more joy in hope. 

On hope, the wisdom of the following express what I, too, believe.

Albert Einstein stated: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

Thomas Jefferson expressed: “My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

My question to you, is what are your hopes? Never stop hoping.