Leaning

I’ve written many times about leaning into the learning. Leaning into the hard times, taking the opportunity to learn something, leaning into the discomfort.

I was recently listening to a pod cast, where Bryce Crawford was interviewing a country / gospel musician Brandon Lake. What caught my attention, was when Bryce Crawford asked, “Do you have any relationship advice?” Brandon Lake responded by saying and I paraphrase here… Not sure if this is advice, but I am aware, when I deal with issues that I tend to do it alone. He went on to say, that’s where the source of our (my wife and I) arguments are. I need to lean into my wife, into her so we work out the issues together.

As an introvert, I love time out to untangle my thoughts, solve the problems of the world, just linger in my thoughts. I too am guilty of taking an issue, going off by myself and trying to solve it, when really all I could have, should have done, is reach out and lean. Who do you lean on when things get tough? Do you lean on yourself? Do you lean on your other half? A family member, a friend?

When you lean, and at times we need to intentionally lean in, I’m not saying it’s easy, but when you lean it sets the tone for working things it. It speaks volumes of how we can’t do it alone, even though at times we think we are tough enough to do so. It sets the example to our kids and others in our world that, it’s ok to lean in, it’s ok to work as a team, to not have all the answers but work towards them.

So next time, something a little tricky pop up on your radar, make the choice to lean in, and see how easily the tricky things can be resolved.

We would love to hear the stories of how leaning in has made a difference in your world.