The healing power of connection.

I spent the last weekend at a bike race with my spouse and their co-workers. It was my first time at a bike event that was mixed with camping — and boy was it amazing. Getting a bunch of people together (camping) to work towards a common goal (bike race) just brought about so much connecting over:

• Learning new skills

• Cooking together and sharing stories and ideas about food

• Talking about innovative gear and the things that people have invented to make life a little easier

• Stories! Connecting through stories about life, past travels, hard times, adversities, silly work moments, and random inspirations.

• Trying out new things

• Cheering on strangers

• Laughing over silly stuff (putting up the shade tent well so the wind wouldn’t blow it away)

I love being able to reflect on the small things that we did. It helps me to see that I made connections with others in many different ways for a variety of different moments…. and when you add them up— turns out it can be the whole weekend of fun!

How can you take time to pause and reflect this week? It might shine light on some of the more joyful moments.