It's been a rollercoaster of a morning starting with being startled awake at 4am by two cats bolting off the bed to chase something -- ended up being a bat-- eek! To being woken by my housemate, Megan, at 6am due to the emergency of two sheep getting tangled up in the poultry net fencing.
The sheep were rather calm and really allowed us to slowly and carefully help free them. I was thinking about the videos that get passed around of humans helping whales untangle from fishing net and other similar humans-helping-animals videos as we did the same.
Once the sheep realized that we were there to help them, they calmed down and let us slowly unwind the fence from around their feet and necks.
It was truly a lesson of the power in allowing help to come in, even when you're afraid.
Usually, when we need help is when we are most worried or afraid and the easiest thing is to shut everyone out, push help away, hide, lick our wounds, or puff up and 'act brave'. When really, the times like that are when we need to rest, relax, let down the usual barriers and allow. Allow help to show up. Allow the ways help arrives to be helpful. It's the time to put down the fight, put down the ways you want things to happen, let go of the positioning, relax ego and ALLOW.
Good grief, life is so much easier when we can let go of all those layers that keep us alone, afraid and struggling and instead allow all the support, resource and help that is there, just waiting for us to welcome it in. PHEW!
Thank you, sweet sheep for that lesson today. As a solo woman farmer building this business from the ground up (literally!) it is a SUPER helpful reminder to know when I need help and allow it to come into my field.
I don't have to prove how capable I am.
I don't have to do it all myself.
I don't have to always look strong & independent.
Allowing help is not an indicator of failure, or lack or inability. In fact, allowing help is the opposite-- Success comes with TONS of help along the way. Listen to any successful business person's story -- there is always a trail of supporters, helpers, angels, investors, mentors, teachers, friends, and family along the way when they tell their story.
I truly believe life is not meant to be lived entirely alone. I'm created and designed to walk life in partnership and community. I surround myself with mentors, teachers, guides, friends and community and thrive best with that support.
What support have you been afraid to seek?
PS: if you’d like to see a video Megan did telling our story, it’s on her Facebook Videos