something to think about

As I am sitting in Pioneer Square, listening and watching people around me I can't help but notice that there is an overwhelming theme in everyone's existence in this place, community. If only in twos there is either practice or desire of being in community with others.


Studying psychology there are two different types of people, extrovert and introvert,  but no matter where you find yourself I believe that everyone was designed to be in community in one fashion or another to share ideas, feelings, life experience, just themselves to be heard, understood, and empathized. See its funny because as humans we naturally go through cycles of wanting to be around others, talk to others as well as times when we want to be alone to reflect, center, and reach balance again, BUT, we all need someone to help us and to help them. 


Its as basic as one of the first stories ever told from the beginning of time with adam and eve. God created all things and when he saw that Adam was not well without eve, he created a companion, a helper if you will and we see this in Genesis 2:1818The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now just a side note to help understanding and so you don't get the wrong idea, many people interpret this scripture as eve being created to solely be a submissive slave to Adam, this is not so at all! If we look at the original Hebrew language which the Old Testament was written in we see the word helper as עֵ֫זֶר (ezer) which does literally translate as helper, but it is important to look at this passage in context as well as at the definition of helper. If you read before and after this passage you see that Adam had the task of caring for the Garden of Eden. Now I don't know about you but gardening seems to be a daunting task and I would want a helper not just in gardening and cultivating land but also my life. See married couples, couples, friends, companions, whomever that other person is who you rely on for compassion, love, and connection may be, they help you don't they? They don't serve you without help from yourself, it is a equal investment in relationship and equally rewarding, something that should be celebrated.


This connection that we can experience with friends is a gift that we should all cultivate, that means being interested in others and "helping" others cultivate and garden their lives. Find friends that you can trust, talk to, confide in, and ultimately share life with because life is not worth living alone.