A couple of months ago I was elected president of a local community/international service organization. For the most part, the experience has been exciting, inspirational, time-consuming, and fun. And apparently my oldest-child traits are still in effect, because I like being in charge. However, the democratic process is always challenging. I have one board member who sees things very differently than I do. Not only that, but we have strong cultural differences, and a partial language barrier, so communicating effectively is difficult, not to mention coming to a consensus.
But today we volunteered. And I feel good. And I wouldn't have volunteered today if it weren't for this organization. And I wouldn't have made some new friends, and I wouldn't be learning about my leadership strengths and weaknesses. So it's clearly worth the work, but it is also very hard. I don't quite know how to move forward, so I suppose I'll learn as I go. That's the way it started, right?
Wish me luck!!
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