Live, she was inspiring many more. The next layer of leadership encouraging change.
Our Ambassador of the Chat, Helene Wilson, texted me, “I am feeling good about me, even though I am having to shave my head. I am showing up with humor looking for my purple pen.” An attitude of gratitude and fun is what Helene is sharing with our community and the world.
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” Lao Tzu
I have been sharing in this column about building a worldwide movement. The next layer of leadership is something that must happen or the movement will not take hold. We are building our leadership within our Chemo Buddies for Life Community. We have so many that are stepping up as volunteers and becoming the leaders who are inspiring the next ones to do the same. I just mentioned a few of them.
There are so many more.
In our community, nearly every day we have new buddies joining us. The new buddies are getting to know our next layer of leaders such as Sherry, Carol, and Helene. Just last night we had one of our newer buddies share with Sherry and Carol how she was motivated by the “time to move” morning walks. Before cancer, she would have expected to walk at least an hour. She made it 30 minutes. The Buddies celebrated her success. We have a whole community that is striving to live and loving their lives. Every day we are hearing about through connections.