I'll Do It Myself… Is Not How We Thrive Together

https://www.thrivingnow.center/t/ill-do-it-myself-is-not-how-we-thrive-together/1530

“𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳!” Both my young daughter and my elderly mother tell me that. They say it in a very similar way. A part of me smiles that that kind of drive for independence got us as humans to walk and talk, to be able to feed ourselves… however messily at first, or however messily at the end of our days.

I’m grateful for that self-sufficiency impulse. It feels primal… really useful for survival.

And there’s a deeper wisdom when it comes to thriving...