Loving your tribe better in 2020

When my feet hit the floor each morning, my thoughts are often on myself: When can I get my coffee? Will I do my workout video first or shower? My thoughts are on my emotions: How do I feel? Am I well-rested? Will it be a good or bad day?

Then as soon as my kids’ bellies are growling for waffles, I have no choice but to tend to their needs.

Selfishness and self-centeredness is a daily battle. Reaching out to others may not always come naturally, but it’s necessary as the famous quote goes, “No man [woman] is an island.”

We’re hard-wired for relationships and connections with others. It runs through our blood, and we need it like oxygen. Isolation isn’t our friend, even though we may think it is with our busy schedules.

As we get deeper into 2020, I’m resolving to do better at the relationships already in my life, specifically with my mom friends.

I want to love them better. I want to surprise them with coffee on their doorstep, seek to understand their heart more, be fully invested in their life, know what their ups and downs are, and know how I can pray for their kids and marriage.

I also want to be willing to be more vulnerable about my struggles — willing to expose the parts in my heart that aren’t so pretty and the insecurities I face. I want them to know that together we can do anything we set our minds to do. But alone, we can’t conquer nearly as much. Alone, life is pretty boring.

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