The Power of Community

It’s 6:30 am and I am sitting at my dinning table in my very messy apartment I just moved in last night. I couldn’t sleep so I got out of bed and made coffee. I am exhausted but incredibly grateful and excited for this new beginning.

Sitting here, in this quiet, when everyone is still sleeping on this freezing Sunday, and thinking about the power of community.

I am a single mom, just underwent surgery and cannot lift any weight at this point. The move needed to happen and I needed help. So I reached out to people I know and accepted the help offered by all of those who approached me casually. 10 cars and amazing beautiful people showed up, helped me finish packing, lifted heavy boxes, problem solved with me, brought me coffee, gave me hugs and calmed me down and I had all the different emotions one feeling helpless could have.

I am a single mom, don’t have any family around but I was able to build my own chosen family in the heart of Squamish. We show up for each other, we support one another and nurture this community as much as we can.

We are not supposed to hustle through life alone. It’s ok to ask for help, it’s ok to not be ok. It’s ok to rely on others when we can’t rely on ourselves. Life is hard enough already and it takes a village.

So nurture yours, support your people, take care of your community and your community will take care of you.