How Important is Team?
/ Autumn McKenzie JacksonWinning teams know the true value of teamwork.
I am a huge proponent of team. In college, I was a student-athlete at Colgate University. My volleyball team was awesome. Everyone from the coaches to the parents and everyone in between including the statisticians, athletic trainers, equipment managers, and the bus driver- together we were better. I do not say it in gest. Every last person mattered. On the team, whether you were a starter or not. Each individual contributed great things to the team- on and off the court.
I have made it a tradition to head up to Colgate during preseason to meet with the team. This year, it was not the best timing for me. Nonetheless, I made the trip and it was worth it. The beauty of the campus in late Summer is impressive
These days, I am building a different type of team- call it a community. Together we can effect change.
There are levels to everything. I can live a religious life that is sterile and devoid of divine power and muscle through life exhausted and overwhelmed or I can recognize the fullness of what Christ Jesus died to give me.
It has taken me years to express the sentiment found in this post. God has been working on my heart. There was a lot of shame and blame mixed in with my raw emotions that I needed to process.
The possibilities are endless. She is learning to hear from God. She knows that He has a plan and a purpose for her life. She has persevered through many things and her story of overcoming with help others.
Tory Palecek is my best friend from college. I met Tory the first day of volleyball preseason freshman year at Colgate University. We were both incoming freshmen. She immediately made an impression on me.
I am learning to thrive in increasingly complex situations.