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What do you want to be when you grow up? I asked myself this question one late night at 2 am as I looked into the mirror before going to bed. At the time, I thought I was only joking, but I woke up the next day thinking about it again. From that day on, I began the search. I’m sure many of you have gone through this before. You find yourself at a point in life and you ask ‘how did I get here?’ What do I really want to do with my life? What is my purpose? Who am I?

Only I wasn’t 18 when I asked this question. I was 36 and the mother of 3 kids. I had been living a good life I thought and really wasn’t unhappy. In fact, I had pursued some things that I wanted to do and felt as though I was on the right path for the most part. But something was missing. I had found myself using the words ‘someday’ a lot. I was looking to the future a lot to fulfill me. I wasn’t really living my life so much as I was always looking forward to living it. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, the next two years became a rollercoaster of discovery for me.

I had pursued wealth for a long time. I had pretty much equated success with being rich, and I really felt like once I was rich and successful, I could be happy and at peace. I had read every self-help book on the subject of success and gone through many programs and even professional coaching. I found myself achieving this success I had yearned for to a fairly decent degree. Yet, I still never felt like I was finally there….whatever that means. I was still longing for something.

Seeing that this pursuit of wealth wasn’t really getting me anywhere, I changed course and began to pursue a more spiritual path. I had always remembered a scripture I read once in the Bible about seeking the kingdom of God first—before riches, and at this point in my life I was reminded of it. I wondered if that could be my problem.

I prayed a lot, meditated, studied the Bible—specifically the teachings of Jesus Christ, and slowed life down. I started listening more and observing more. That is when I started to see and notice things that I had never before paid attention to. It isn’t that they were not there. I just didn’t see them as I was rushing by!

What I really started to notice was other people. The studying and praying that I was doing kept on leading me to loving and serving other people. At first my attitude was “duh! I already do this. I care about others. I try to help them whenever I can. Why am I being lead to this? Why now? What does it mean? How can I find my own purpose if all I can think about it other people?” I kind of felt annoyed by it, but I decided to let go of what I thought was the right thing to learn about, and let God lead.

Then as time went on, my empathy for others deepened. I was becoming more affected by seeing others in distress. I had a growing urge to get out there and help! At this time, something in me shifted.

This is the WE shift that I have talked about on this site. I had always looked at those with problems in pity and felt sympathy toward them. Now I was looking at them with empathy—or in other words, I was feeling their problems. I was feeling their pain. I saw that their problems were indeed my problems—because we were all human beings. We were equals. We were in this together. At first I felt overwhelmed by this and had a sinking feeling of despair, but then something changed. I felt empowered! But how?

That is when the light broke through the darkness. And once it did, there was no stopping it! I undertook a veracious study on the topic of brotherly love and our connection with one another. I set up some experiments for myself that I thought would teach me more about it. Once again, I observed and listened a lot. Sure enough the truth was there! What I found was truly amazing and what I can only describe as the miracle of following divine wisdom. I discovered for myself the Power in WE!

For as I made this shift to seeing everyone around me as my equal, yet unique partner in life, I began to realize all that this meant! It meant things like…
-I was significant and so was everyone around me. There was no need for jealousy, envy, competition, comparisons, etc. any more!
-I was part of a divine design. I have a specific purpose in life that is God’s will for me. If I will allow it, He will give me the most important job in the world—being an instrument in His hands!
-I was confident because there was no need to fear anyone anymore. I knew they worked for God too.  I no longer had to worry about judgment, embarrassment, feeling inferior, or failure. I knew that all that happened, happened for a reason and it was all for our good.
-I could feel peace with others and within myself as the threat of constant challenge disappeared.
-I felt love…real, pure, and deep love—what I have come to know now as charity.

After realizing all of this, I knew it had to be shared! And that is what I am doing..now with you. Sharing the Power in WE. This is what I decided to call it, The Power in We, but I hope you will see that it is not a new concept. It has been there all along! You just have to take the time to see it, to try it, to let God show it to you as he has to me. It is my greatest hope that you will do that! Please take the time to check out this site, do the activities I have given you, try the things I am suggesting. I will continue to add more over time. I am still to this day discovering more hidden power and blessings found in this simple, yet profound principle of loving your neighbor. I know now that there is a reason that Jesus said loving God and loving your neighbor are the two most important things one can do, and I see now that you simply cannot do one without the other, and that living this divine wisdom has power beyond measure and is absolutely life altering! I hope you will join me in this discovery.

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