Connecting People.

For those who grow up in the 90s era you would be very aware of a mobile phone brand from Finland with the famous tagline “Connecting People” --yes, I know you know that one! :D

It’s one of my favourite brand tagline. 

The world as we know it, is not that BIG. The more you meet people, the more you know that everyone is connected to one another and sometimes in a very unusual or unique manner and situation.

I have met people randomly that coincidentally connected to someone that I know. Like a friend’s friend that is friend with the other friend. Okay, now that sounds so complicated. LOL. But that’s the reality, somehow we are all connected to each other and sometimes we miss that connection. 

I love meeting new people and connecting people that I know. If a friend needs something that I know another friend has the resource then I love to introduce them to each other. I love to see people working together and help each other. It doesn’t matter whether they remember me or not, as long as I know that by knowing each other they can grow or make something together for greater good, then as a bystander I am happy enough :)

You might ask, why do I do that? What is the benefit for me? Well, maybe it’s because I know how it feels when you need help and no one is there to help you and how grateful you are when someone is finally offering you the help that you need. And I know how it feels to struggle in finding people to work together in achieving a purpose or dream. 

In building relationship, I never thought of gain and loss. I never thought of what you can give to me or what kind of benefit I can get by having a relationship with you. I simply treasure the encounter and value the connection no matter how small or big it is because I’ll never know what the connection will be in the future. 

I believe that every one that crosses our path has a purpose and I cherish every purpose. Good or bad, there’s always something to be grateful for in every connection.

I always love what my pastor said, “People are like seeds. You will never know what kind of tree that might be produced from a seed. Those who are sitting next to you might be the next president of this country or maybe the next noble prize winner. You will never know and what you can do is helping the seed to grow.” --that for me, including connecting people who might need each other with a hope that they can help each other and grow together in achieving their purpose. 

I believe that we are all connected to each other somehow as a part of a greater purpose and each of us no matter how big or small has a contribution in it whether we realise it or not. I watched a speech video by Mark Zuckerberg the other day (click here), and he said this, “Finding your purpose isn’t enough. The challenge of our generation is to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose. … Purpose is that feeling that you are a part of something bigger than yourself, that you are needed, and that you have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness.” -- building connection and community is one of the thing that Mark also mentioned in his speech on how we can progress. 

We all have great ideas, we all want to make the world a better place, we all have a purpose in life, but to achieve that we can't do that alone. When we work to give people a chance to get involved in the purpose and give them a role in it, people will start coming together and help us to achieve things we couldn't do on our own. 

That's why I love connecting people, I love seeing people working together especially for a greater good. I've been struggling myself in finding people who understand my purpose and my cause, I know the struggle when it feels like you are walking alone, the hard time when you try to explain things to people and they simply don't get it, or when you need a support and no one is supporting you. I know how it feels like to have a dream or ideas that you don't even know how to start or find the right people to share and work on it together -- I understand the struggle and that's why now, I love helping people to find other people to work together with. Of course not every connection works, sometimes it doesn't but when it does, it's really wonderful. 

No one can work on everything alone. We all need other people and sometimes we even need other community to help us. As I said we are here as a part of a greater purpose whatever it is and by helping each other we will give each other a chance to be part of that greater purpose. 

And to end this post, I will end it with a beautiful Jewish prayer quoted from Mark's speech, Mi Shebeirach; May the Source of strength who blessed the ones before us. Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing. and let us say: Amen. - Yes, may we always find the courage to always make our lives a blessing for other people in any way that we can.