Today, my teammates and I got together to talk about who we are so that we will know how best to move forward together. We each had 7 minutes to explain our essence, how dream job, our love language, or pet peeves, etc. We're a bunch of extroverts who like alone time. Except for those who are introverts who don't mind coming out their shells for the sake of people they care for. Some of our team see themselves primarily by their functions. Some by their aspirations. Well all had different ways of expressing all these facts. Some told parts of their biographies, others had printed out bullet points. One woman wrote her speech out neatly on five note cards. Some finished in 3 minutes and had to be further questioned. I, of course, had to cut my thoughts short.
I'm so glad I'm on this team of people who are similar but different; have the same God but experience Him in different ways; have the same Gospel but express it in our lives differently. But more, I'm so glad that we seem to trust each other. There is a sense of family. Maybe it's our common commitment to help others reach their potential as well as our own submission to the loving will of God, but I feel I can be my best, most abandoned version of myself with these people. I don't say that lightly or to make those who are not in this kind of situation envious. I just want to say that I'm grateful. And that I'm looking forward to the best year of my life so far.
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