At work today, I was supposed to have my final day of training. But as my trainer was sick, I got thrown in the deep end working on enrolments flat out all morning. It was interesting work as part of a different department's team and seeing how they dealt with stress throughout the morning, especially when the computers crashed and threw the enrolment system into disarray - not a great way to start the morning when you have hundreds of parents with their little children lining up and waiting!
All in all, it was handled quite well and I enjoyed being part of the busy rush. On my way home, I recalled a poem I once memorised. I can't remember why I learned it or who wrote it, but the words stuck with me just the same.
TEAM
What does it mean to be part of a team,
working with others, sharing a dream?
What can you gain by playing this way,
as part of a group, not only your way?
You learn how to give and how to fit in,
that helping each other is the best way to win.
You learn how to trust and to be counted on.
No matter the outcome, you aren't alone.
You learn to encourage when confidence lacks
and how to accept a friend's pat on the back.
And when things get tough, when troubles begin,
you all hang together through thick and through thin.
What do you learn when you play as a team?
You learn about life and what true friendship means!
Simple - but true! Did you find yourself nodding at some of those lines, and sighing at others? The ones that you sighed at - have a look at ways that you might be able to turn those sighs into nods the next time you are in a team situation.
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