Give someone your weight

Last summer, I took a daylong dancing class with a group of about twenty strangers.

I’m not a dancer. Physical contact with strangers makes me uncomfortable. But I had seen a sample of this dance and it looked cool.

I do like to look cool.

Eventually, we all had to move from one side of the stage to the other, like this:

Before we could do all this, we practiced rolling on the floor in pairs of two. We weren’t supposed to use our hands.

Looks simple?

It wasn’t, at least not for me:

Not cool.

However, the teacher came in to provide a piece of wisdom that not only helped me succeed, I still like to think about it, almost a year later.

I try to remember this whenever I need someone’s help. Whether I could use a ride or someone to look after one of my kids or water my plants, I try not to think of this as ‘asking for a favor’.

I’m giving someone my weight.

It’s scary, but I know that I’m probably doing more damage if I don’t, because we all need to feel needed!

By giving someone my weight, I invite them to put some weight on me in return.

It’s how we move forward.

I hope this will help you put your weight on the people in your life!

With love,

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