The power of Crew was demonstrated again this week when we all circled up to help one of our Crew with a specific task – to make her feel better about herself.
A member of our Crew is really struggling to see her worth at the moment and finds it difficult to find anything good to say about herself, nor does she believe she is worthy of having nice things said to her. In her own words, she looks in the mirror everyday and doesn’t like what she sees… (this was quite hard for me to hear and I sent a silent apology to my 13-year old self who definitely had the same thoughts all those years ago!)
So, our task was simple: for everyone of us to pay her a compliment. One that didn’t focus on her physical appearance and to make her realise that she truly is beautiful on the inside, where it matters the most.
This was such an easy thing to do; not one member of Crew had to think too hard about what they wanted to say because we see the positives in this person every single day. We complimented her intelligence, her kindness and the “fire in her belly” which makes her strong and brave!
Was she comfortable with the compliments? No. Did she leave Crew with a smile on her face? Yes.
We’ve got a way to go, but hopefully she’ll smile about herself more often.
We all pledged to try and accept compliments with a simple “thank you” from now on, and to believe in them, rather than mistrusting the intentions of the person saying it!