We can often touch the world just by being who we are!

I sat with a friend amidst complete strangers past midnight in a packed stadium to watch this year’s World Cup finals. The stadium was reverberating with high energy… and extraordinarily millions were bonded for the love of football across the world. Chaotic, unpredictable, boisterous one minute, and a beautiful play of skill, team work and talent the next… we were all inexplicably sharing our lives with each other. Happy when our team scored, and sad and let down when they lost an opportunity. The World Cup came to an end… four years to go before we are again caught up in the excitement of a beautiful game that brings the best football talent to one field that decides the champions of the globe. But what happens in-between the years… preparation, new challenges, new techniques and of course the individual quest to be the best that you can be. Life’s pretty much like that. We live with the passion, hope and endeavours to turn all possibilities into probabilities and all probabilities into actualities. Just as each player on that field, I have come to understand that we need to go beyond our fears, and find that place within that allows us to live from the heart, to follow our passion, and to give with all that we have to each challenge, each moment. We live in a world where questions, fears and soul-searching are part of the everyday landscape. We have our tough days, and moments when things seem out of control, overwhelming or filled with uncertainty. It comes in waves. But I have learnt that I don't have to jump nearly as high or as often to make it over them. And of course, jumping waves is much easier when you're holding hands with someone you love…be it your friends, family, team mates, co workers. Shared grief halves and shared happiness simply doubles! In the process, we actually begin to find our energy evolving as we function to honour all of our experiences, decisions and feelings to become the best of who we are, and to find the best in each other.

…And very often, we can touch the world just by being who we are!